Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player's Suspension. Now He's Eligible to Play
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/us/trump-fifa-balogun-world-cup.html
ortusdux · 3 days ago
5 comments
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/us/trump-fifa-balogun-world-cup.html
ortusdux · 3 days ago
5 comments
enraged_camel · 3 days ago
Never thought Presidential pardons extended to soccer games, but here we are.
SlightlyLeftPad · 3 days ago
Only FIFA Nobel Laureates can pardon soccer players I believe.
GuestFAUniverse · 3 days ago
Rules? What rules?
It's utterly ridiculous. What's next? Trump deciding the outcome of each game?
Let me guess: the US won the world cup.
A nation has become a clown car.
LanceH · 3 days ago
I've watched too many years of sports out of Europe to be surprised by flexible rules.
I've watched cycling since the early 90's and they were all over the place, making up their rules as they go.
HardwareLust · 3 days ago
They're still all over the place. The recent kerfuffles over gear ratios, bar widths, 32" wheels and ice packs are only a few recent examples.
LanceH · 3 days ago
I love cycling and will cheer anything that moves. Right now, though, my go to is watching "norcal cycling" on youtube. The dude covers local/regional races and it's just fun.
rjrjrjrj · 3 days ago
FIFA is what the NCAA wants to be when it grows up.
BryanBigs · 3 days ago
Is it a nation or the not corrupt at all FIFA that is the clown car?
rjrjrjrj · 3 days ago
One clown car, two clowns. Infantino and a bright orange one.
rsynnott · 3 days ago
Well, both.
abdelhousni · 3 days ago
So much wining
soraminazuki · 3 days ago
Easier than winning.
xquce · 3 days ago
In the US it will soon be reported that the US won the FIFA World Cup, meanwhile in North Korea it will be reported they won it.
thiht · 3 days ago
This is ridiculous.