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06
Jul
2026
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Juan de Dios CRESPO PEREZ
FIFA
Article
Belgium United States of America International

The Balogun Affair


The decision of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to suspend the sanction against the US player Balogun and, consequently, to have him available for the squad against Belgium in the last sixteen of the World Cup has been, more than the goals and the surprises, the discussion of the competition. First analysis by Juan de Dios Crespo Pérez

Starting from the (fake?) news that President Trump had a say to President Infantino to “change” the sanction, continuing with the conspiration theory to have the USA in the final of “its” World Cup, and finalization (or not yet…) with the idea that corruption in the Committee that took the decision is evident after that; well, everything is on the table…

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Topics
  • FIFA
  • Disciplinary disputes
Related Regulation(s)
  • FIFA Disciplinary Code - Ed May 2026
Keywords
  • FIFA
  • Disciplinary litigation
  • FIFA Disciplinary Committee
  • FIFA World Cup
  • Independence/Impartiality
  • Integrity
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