{"id":555638,"date":"2026-07-23T11:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/555638\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:41:10","slug":"the-norwegian-federation-pursues-infantino-after-the-trump-and-pallojon-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/555638\/","title":{"rendered":"The Norwegian Federation pursues Infantino after the &#8220;Trump and Pallojon&#8221; scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"article-teaser\">Norway was not a direct party to the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The Norwegian Football Federation are escalating their fight over Folarin Balogun&#8217;s suspension, imposed on the USA forward after his sending off against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the round of 32 at the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>USA President Donald Trump intervened to lift the ban, clearing Balogun to face Belgium in the round of 16. The move triggered fury directed at FIFA president Gianni Infantino.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footmercato.net\/a3928675036785727424-la-norvege-va-porter-plainte-contre-la-fifa-apres-laffaire-balogun\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\" target=\"_blank\">The Times<\/a>&#8220;, Norwegian Football Federation president Lise Klaveness confirmed the federation will refer the matter to FIFA&#8217;s Ethics Committee to expose Trump&#8217;s intervention. The US President personally called Infantino to secure the cancellation of the American forward&#8217;s suspension mid-tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Klaveness believes the decision sets a dangerous precedent. &#8220;When a rule like this is manipulated, you are sliding down a slippery slope that threatens the entire game,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0She also called on Infantino to admit that &#8220;this was a mistake&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Mohamed Al Kamali, the head of FIFA&#8217;s Disciplinary Committee, lifted the suspension on Balogun. Norway&#8217;s complaint is expected to be joined to a previous lawsuit filed against FIFA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Norway was not a direct party to the crisis. \u00a0The Norwegian Football Federation are escalating their fight over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[15311,444,58777,85,46,8446,242332,105,2586,174803,6866],"class_list":["post-555638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-belgium","tag-england","tag-f-balogun","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-norway","tag-norway-vs-england","tag-sports","tag-usa","tag-usa-vs-belgium","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}