# Donald Trump asks FIFA to review a player ban

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Podcast: [Newshour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/newshour-527927)
Published: 2026-07-06T21:05:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w1730bn30m5jkmz
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US President Donald Trump confirms he spoke to FIFA before they suspended Folarin Balogun's one-game red card ban. The 25-year-old striker, who is the US's top scorer at the tournament with three goals, was shown a straight red card for a foul on Bosnia-Herzegovina defender last week. There are now warnings that football's integrity may be at stake as the ban was overturned. We hear from a former top FIFA executive who thinks football's governing body has got it badly wrong. Also on the programme: a new insight into a puzzle from the start of the universe; and why an ancient Greek epic speaks to us today as Homer's Odyssey has its global movie premiere in London. (Photo: US footballer Folarin Balogun practising in Seattle Credit: Imagn Images via Reuters/Steven Bisig)

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