Folarin Balogun eligible to play for US v Belgium as Fifa rescinds red card suspension

• US striker was shown red in last-32 match

• Fifa disciplinary committee cites article of Fifa code

USA striker Folarin Balogun will play against Belgium in Monday’s last-16 game after Fifa announced it has rescinded the one-game ban he received for a red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Fifa’s disciplinary committee said it made the decision in line with Article 27 of the Fifa Disciplinary Code, which allows them to rescind red cards. As a result, Balogun will be on a probationary period of one year. If, during that year, Balogun commits what the code refers to as “another infringement of a similar nature and gravity,” the striker will serve his one-game ban.

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