Blatter: FIFA caved to political pressure over Balogun

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Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Monday he questioned the football governing body’s decision to suspend US striker Folarin Balogun’s red card ban.

Sources told AFP that US President Donald Trump had called FIFA’s current chief Gianni Infantino to ask FIFA to review Balogun’s automatic one-game suspension.

The 25-year-old is now free to face Belgium in the last 16 of…

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