FIFA referee, not Infantino, suspended Balogun's red-card ban at World Cup

The decision to suspend the red-card ban of US striker Folarin Balogun — allowing him to play in the World Cup round-of-16 match against Belgium — was made not by FIFA president Gianni Infantino but by another FIFA official, according to The Times. The ruling had been widely condemned as the tournament's biggest scandal. The revelation shifts responsibility away from Infantino.