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FIFA axes Ethiopia from World Cup
LAGOS (Xinhua):- FIFA has announced that Ethiopia has been kicked out
of the qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, local
media reported Sunday.
The decision was taken by the Bureau of the Organising Committee for the
FIFA World Cup, according to Lagos-based newspaper Vanguard.
The results from all four matches played by Ethiopia to date in Group
8 are now cancelled. The Emergency Committee of football's world governing
body suspended the Ethiopia Football Federation (EFF) on 29 July.
The EFF problems began in January when its general assembly fired the
federation's president Ashebir Woldergiorgis and elected Ahmed Yasin to
replace him.
However, that January meeting was not recognized by FIFA, who together
with Confederation of African Football then released a roadmap in February
aimed at rectifying the situation.
The EFF had agreed to implement the roadmap, but failed to put it into
action and was suspended six weeks ago as a result. In August, FIFA cancelled
Ethiopia's 2010 World Cup qualifier against Morocco on September 5-7.
It means there are now just three teams in the group, Morocco, Mauritania
and Rwanda.
Rwanda, who have completed their qualifying matches, top the group with
nine points.
If Morocco beat Mauritania in the final group game they will go through
as group winners thanks to a better goal difference or a superior number
of goals scored.
Hindu.com,
September 14, 2008
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