'That wasn't a foul' - Trump on Fifa overturning red card ban
USA striker Folarin Balogun's one-game ban has been suspended after the president's intervention.
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"'That wasn't a foul' - Trump on Fifa overturning red card ban."
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USA striker Folarin Balogun's one-game ban has been suspended after the president's intervention.
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