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English FA Chair Hewitt Demands Infantino Release World Cup Sell-Off and Balogun Records

| World Cup 2026

English Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt, who also sits on the FIFA Council as a vice-president, wrote to FIFA president Gianni Infantino demanding full disclosure of documents relating to the abandoned FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) private-investment plan to sell stakes in the World Cup, and to the decision to lift American striker Folarin Balogun's automatic red-card suspension during the tournament after a phone call from US President Donald Trump. Hewitt asked for the records to be released before the FIFA Council next meets on October 15.

FA chair Debbie Hewitt demanded Gianni Infantino release records on the FFE private-investment plan and the Balogun suspension reversal
FA chair Debbie Hewitt demanded Gianni Infantino release records on the FFE private-investment plan and the Balogun suspension reversal — Al Jazeera