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FIFA president Gianni Infantino to face ethics complaint over Trump involvement in Folarin Balogun red card controversy

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FIFA president Gianni Infantino to face ethics complaint over Trump involvement in Folarin Balogun red card controversy

FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, is being referred to Olympic ethics investigators for a possible breach of political neutrality after U.S. President Donald Trump’s involvement in striker Folarin Balogun’s red card controversy.
 
US President Donald Trump confirmed he intervened in FIFA’s unprecedented decision to allow United States forward Folarin Balogun to play against Belgium on Monday despite being sent off in the team’s previous match. The controversial ruling sparked widespread debate, with a fired-up Belgium side responding emphatically by thrashing the United States 4-1 in Seattle.
 
The IOC cites neutrality among “fundamental principles of Olympism” for sports bodies like FIFA, and has jurisdiction over Infantino since he joined its exclusive group of 100-plus invited members in 2020.
 
“FairSquare will file a complaint to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) regarding FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s repeated breach of political neutrality rules,” the London-based sports and human rights NGO said in a statement Wednesday.
 
The pledge to file a formal complaint to the IOC Ethics Commission came one day after the Olympic body’s president, Kirsty Coventry, told reporters none had yet been received.
 
“Obviously if they do they would look into it,” Coventry said Tuesday in an online news conference when asked about the Balogun controversy fueled by the Trump administration lobbying FIFA and Infantino.
“Yes, we have been obviously watching everything play out,” the IOC president had said earlier when asked about interference in field-of-play issues by the World Cup co-host nation, which also will stage the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
 

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