FIFA set for rule change after Balogun red card row at the World Cup: reports
- Football’s global governing body is expected to change a rule that allowed a red card for USA forward Folarin Balogun to be controversially overturned during the World Cup, according to media reports on the agenda for Thursday’s FIFA council meeting in Zurich.
- The decision-making body is convening for the first time since this year’s tournament, and a motion to prohibit such actions in the future will be top of the agenda.
- Members will also discuss the organisation’s funding, rules and other matters amid a turbulent time in the sport.
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- Football’s global governing body is expected to change a rule that allowed a red card for USA forward Folarin Balogun to be controversially overturned during the World Cup, according to media reports on the agenda for Thursday’s FIFA council meeting in Zurich.
- The decision-making body is convening for the first time since this year’s tournament, and a motion to prohibit such actions in the future will be top of the agenda.
- Members will also discuss the organisation’s funding, rules and other matters amid a turbulent time in the sport.
Sources: Al Jazeera