{"id":781286,"date":"2026-07-05T21:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T21:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/781286\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T21:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T21:03:12","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-live-scores-day-25-brazil-vs-norway-results-highlights-latest-news-superstar-looking-to-keep-brazils-unwanted-streak-alive-balogun-suspension-overturned-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/781286\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE scores, Day 25: Brazil vs Norway results, highlights, latest news; Superstar looking to keep Brazil\u2019s unwanted streak alive; Balogun suspension overturned Donald Trump intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team Belgium has now given their official response to the news that Folarin Balogun is eligible to play in their match against the US, after his one-game ban for receiving a red card was suspended for 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>The decision came amid a revelation that the White House itself pressured FIFA into reviewing the ban. (Read our posts below)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) is astonished by FIFA\u2019s decision to declare suspended United States player Folarin Balogun eligible to play in the USA\u2013Belgium match on Monday,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to safeguard the legitimate rights of all participating teams and to protect the fundamental principles of fair play in our sport, both at this FIFA World Cup and at future editions of the tournament, the RBFA is investigating all potential options.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>France meanwhile is now pushing FIFA to overturn the yellow card given to star player Michael Olise, following the Balogun decision. <\/p>\n<p>Fair to say FIFA has opened a can of worms here. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team Belgium has now given their official response to the news that Folarin Balogun is eligible to play&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-781286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}