Infantino avoids IOC trouble over Balogun red card saga

The fallout from that bizarre World Cup round of 16 continues to tilt in FIFA's favour. IOC member Gianni Infantino is unlikely to face any sanctions over the intervention that saw Folarin Balogun's red card overturned before Belgium knocked out the United States last summer (1). The IOC's ethics committee has indicated Infantino did not breach their code, effectively closing the door on the most controversial subplot of Belgium's quarter-final run (1). President Trump's pressure on FIFA, Balogun's admission that the saga was a distraction, and the on-field result all stand unchanged, but the man at the centre of it walks away clean.