The Guardian view on selling off the World Cup: a red-card offence by Gianni Infantino | Editorial

Fifa’s president hopes to sell stakes in the planet’s most watched sporting event. In the wider interests of football, he must be resisted Like a sporting Dr Pangloss, Fifa’s president,…

Folarin Balogun admits that red-card reversal affected USA World Cup teammates: 'A lot of outside noise'

The United States Men’s National Team had all the momentum when Folarin Balogun’s red card from the Round of 32 was suspended, giving him a chance to play in the…

Unwelcome and undue: Trump’s red-card intervention hurts the US’s World Cup more than it helps | Pablo Iglesias Maurer

In pushing Fifa to reverse Folarin Balogun’s suspension, the president did the most American thing possible: assert unasked-for power to get his way The story of Garrincha’s red card in…