The reversal of Folarin Balogun’s World Cup suspension is highly unusual. It was the first time since 1962 that FIFA has nullified a suspension for a red card received during the World Cup.

  • adarza@lemmy.ca
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    21 hours ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folarin_Balogun#Early_life

    oh, my. while dipshit is desperately trying to end ‘birthright citizenship’, he is also rooting for and coming to the aid and defense of a player who is literally on and eligible for usmnt because he was a recipient of that very same constitutionally-protected citizenship… when his nigerian parents were denied boarding by an airline as they were returning home 2 mo before his birth. he was instead born in new york before returning to their home in england where he was raised.

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      16 hours ago

      He can’t think further than the last ten seconds. Don’t expect him to put these two things together