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Orgo-Life the new way to the future Advertising by AdpathwayJust one FIFA disciplinary official made the World Cup-rocking decision to reinstate Folarin Balogun after the American star was issued a red card in the round of 32, the Times of London reported Sunday.
The supposed unilateral move added intrigue to President Donald Trump’s assertion that he had asked FIFA President and pal Gianni Infantino to review the matter, while Infantino said he told Trump that the ruling of whether to lift Balogun’s game suspension would be made by “independent judicial bodies.”
The “bodies” was apparently one person, FIFA disciplinary committee chair Mohammad Al Kamali of the United Arab Emirates, according to the Times.
Al Kamali declined comment to the Times, but the notion of one person overseeing the explosive case to the exclusion of 17 others on the committee does raise eyebrows. European and Belgian governing soccer groups called foul on FIFA for allowing the U.S. star to play, while Infantino was accused of caving to Trump’s undue influence.

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Belgium’s 4-1 victory to eliminate the Americans, with Balogun in the lineup, might have made the reversed ruling moot. But the new report perhaps casts suspicion on the transparency of Infantino and FIFA’s disciplinary process.
The Times noted that it’s not the first time a disciplinary matter has been handled by one person, but high-stakes cases often call for input from multiple officials. In addition, the newspaper researched 100 cases in which Al Kamali never served as the lone arbiter.
HuffPost has reached out to FIFA for comment.


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