{"podcast":{"title":"ABC News Top Stories","slug":"abc-news-top-stories-6001594","podcast_index_feed_id":6001594,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/101858056/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/radio/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e095db3b3ea82ec7b474d8295add4336.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":30,"summary":"ABC News Top Stories delivers the biggest breaking news and headlines from Australia and around the world, updated throughout the day. Get fast, trusted coverage of politics, business, extreme weather, and major national events from the ABC's newsroom direct to your podcast feed. Whether you're catching up on the morning's top headlines or need a quick update between meetings, ABC News Top Stories gives you the essential news of the day. You can also hear the biggest stories of the day explained in-depth in just a few minutes. Follow now for daily Australian news briefings from the ABC, Australia's most trusted news source.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T12:17:05.666903+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594"},"episode":{"title":"Unpacking the FIFA red card controversy","slug":"unpacking-the-fifa-red-card-controversy","published_at":"2026-07-07T05:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/unpacking-the-fifa-red-card-controversy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-news-top-stories/naus_fifaredcardmkod_0707/106890116","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/m8/Z/ma.mp3","summary":"The powerful organisation that rules world soccer, FIFA, is once again at the centre of a controversy. FIFA president Gianni Infantino has defended the independent disciplinary committee's decision to clear American striker Folarin Balogun to play in the USA's Round of 16 clash against Belgium. Balogun received a red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which automatically triggered a one-game ban, a huge blow for the co-hosts to lose their leading tournament goalscorer. But after FIFA, seemingly out of nowhere, decided to suspend that punishment, a maelstrom of criticism has been unleashed at the governing body, its figurehead, and US President Donald Trump.","meta_description":"The powerful organisation that rules world soccer, FIFA, is once again at the centre of a controversy. FIFA president Gianni Infantino has defended the in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":215,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/episodes/unpacking-the-fifa-red-card-controversy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594/unpacking-the-fifa-red-card-controversy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}