Rome, 6 July (LaPresse) – The Belgian Football Association has decided to lodge an appeal against FIFA’s decision to lift the suspension imposed on US striker Folarin Balogun following the red card he received against Bosnia. This is reported by Le Soir. The Belgian Football Association has sent a letter to FIFA, which is being treated as an appeal, and a member of the organisation’s appeals committee has been tasked with ruling on the case as a matter of the utmost urgency. The Belgian Football Association had described itself as “stunned” by the lifting of the suspension. According to the American media, this decision reportedly came after a telephone call between Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
2026 World Cup: Belgian Football Association appeals against lifting of Balogun’s suspension

Rome, 6 July (LaPresse) – The Belgian Football Association has decided to lodge an appeal against FIFA’s decision to lift the suspension imposed on US striker Folarin Balogun following the red card he received against Bosnia. This is reported by Le Soir. The Belgian Football Association has sent a letter to FIFA, which is being treated as an appeal, and a member of the organisation’s appeals committee has been tasked with ruling on the case as a matter of the utmost urgency. The Belgian Football Association had described itself as “stunned” by the lifting of the suspension. According to the American media, this decision reportedly came after a telephone call between Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
