Poetic justice: fairness in the World Cup

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Recorded10 Jul 2026

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The big story at the World Cup this week came off the field rather than on it, with Donald Trump's intervention on behalf of a star US striker who'd been banned from playing against Belgium after receiving a red card in the previous game.The US president called the FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, and the player in question, Folarin Balogun, was allowed to play, essentially ripping up the world governing body's own rule book.The United States went on to lose the game, 4-1, which many fans around the world viewed as poetic justice.

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