Norway to make formal complaint to FIFA over Balogun red card saga
- Norway’s football chief has told The Times daily they are set to make a formal complaint to FIFA over the suspension of Folarin Balogun’s World Cup ban because it has put “the whole game at risk”.
- Lise Klaveness, the president of the Norwegian football federation (NFF), says she will seek the backing of her board to lodge the complaint with FIFA’s Ethics Committee over an incident that “should not have happened”.
- The NFF has already lodged a complaint over FIFA’s inaugural Peace Prize to United States President Donald Trump by its chief, Gianni Infantino, which was widely ridiculed.
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- Norway’s football chief has told The Times daily they are set to make a formal complaint to FIFA over the suspension of Folarin Balogun’s World Cup ban because it has put “the whole game at risk”.
- Lise Klaveness, the president of the Norwegian football federation (NFF), says she will seek the backing of her board to lodge the complaint with FIFA’s Ethics Committee over an incident that “should not have happened”.
- The NFF has already lodged a complaint over FIFA’s inaugural Peace Prize to United States President Donald Trump by its chief, Gianni Infantino, which was widely ridiculed.
Sources: Al Jazeera