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(Reuters) - FIFA has suspended the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) due to third-party interference and the Chadian Football Association (FTFA) due to government interference, soccer’s global governing body said on Wednesday.
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A group of football officials led by Ashfaq Hussain Shah, which was elected by the Supreme Court in 2018 to run the PFF but was not recognised by FIFA, took over the headquarters last month and seized control from the FIFA Normalisation Committee (NC) headed by Haroon Malik, local media reported.
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Women’s Africa Cup of Nations : Morocco To Host 2022 Edition
Morocco will host the 2022 edition of the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations. This is one of the major decisions of the CAF Executive Committee meeting that took place in Yaounde on Friday, January 15, 2021. The news came as a sigh of relief to the different countries after the 2020 edition was cancelled last year. The meeting was led by the Interim President of CAF, Constant Omari. Present at the meeting was the President of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, who was a special guest for the Total African Nations Championship (CHAN Cameroon 2020). Lire aussi : Lionnes indomptables: Les leçons d’une élimination
Morocco has been designated host of the 2022 Womenâs Africa Cup of Nations
With COVID-19 influencing several withdrawals by teams from various competitions, the Executive Committee has decided to grant amnesty to all such cases of withdrawals effective March 2020 till date
Modification of the minimum number of players allowed to start a match due to COVID-19 in order to allow teams to play with less than 15 players during this period. If a team has 11 players to play a game, the match will go on. In case there is no goalkeeper, another player can replace the goalkeeper on condition that the total number of players on the pitch is 11.
Hayatou confirmed as CAF Honorary President at ceremony in Cameroon Saturday, 16 January 2021
Issa Hayatou has officially been named Confederation of African Football (CAF) Honorary President at a ceremony held in Yaounde in his native Cameroon.
Hayatou served as CAF President from 1987 to 2017, before beating unseated by Madagascan official Ahmad.
The decision to award Hayatou the honorary title was made at the CAF Executive Committee last month, before being approved by the organisation’s General Assembly.
Acting CAF President Constant Omari presented Hayatou with a plaque and symbolic official CAF match ball during the event. For a long time at CAF, we have been thinking and preparing this event that is dedicated to you, Omari said.