Fifa Disciplinary Chair Refuses Questions on 2-Game Quansah Ban as Balogun Escape Fuels Lobbying Row
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 11
Fifa Disciplinary Chair Refuses Questions on 2-Game Quansah Ban as Balogun Escape Fuels Lobbying Row
1 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 11
Summary
Mohammad al Kamali declined to answer BBC questions about why England defender Jarell Quansah received a two-match World Cup suspension and whether Fifa leaders intervened in the Folarin Balogun case.
Quansah was sent off in England's 3-2 win over Mexico for serious foul play, triggering an automatic one-game ban plus an extra match that ruled him out of Saturday's quarter-final against Norway.
Balogun was also sent off for serious foul play against Bosnia-Herzegovina, but Fifa's disciplinary committee waived the additional ban he would normally have faced.
That ruling drew wider criticism after reports that Donald Trump and White House officials had lobbied Fifa, while the governing body answered with an 871-word statement that cited "specific circumstances" without detailing them.