Washington: FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended world soccer's disciplinary process on Monday amid mounting international criticism after U.S. President Donald Trump praised FIFA's decision to suspend Folarin Balogun's World Cup red-card ban.
Infantino said FIFA's judicial bodies operated "independently and autonomously" and that he had told Trump the Balogun case was subject to an ongoing legal process, even as the president described the decision to reinstate the U.S. striker as "brilliant" after personally urging FIFA to review the case.
