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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Braidwood

‘A slippery slope’: Gianni Infantino faces official complaint over Trump interference

The head of the Norwegian FA has called on Fifa president Gianni Infantino to face his own ethics committee following US president Donald Trump’s interference in the Folarin Balogun case at the World Cup.

Trump confirmed that he called Infantino to ask for US striker Balogun’s one-match ban to be reviewed before the ban was controversially suspended, a move that Lise Klaveness said crossed a “red line”.

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