Football 2017 Discussion Thread

[bestmen 2,817]

Fifa has banned Sudan because of government interference in the sport.

 

so Sudan is out off all events

[intoronto 5,638]

Gold Cup starts today in the USA

[intoronto 5,638]

First day Gold Cup:

 

Group A:

 Canada 4  French Guiana 2

 

Honduras 0 Costa Rica 1

[hckošice 14,822]

From 2:30

 

 

 

[Gianlu33 4,552]

FIFA continue they politics in Africa. 

FIFA has suspended the Sudan Football Association (SFA) amid a chaotic battle for footballing power in the East African country.

In April, the sport's world governing body suspended the elections of the SFA for six months following fears of political interference.

According to Xinhua, a letter from FIFA stated that a decision was taken following correspondence with the SFA and the emergence of a video which allegedly showed a candidate admitting intentions to run for Government office, something FIFA does not allow.

It was also reported in allafrica that police were forced to intervene in a conflict between supporters of Mutasim Gafaar, the FIFA-recognised President of the SFA, and an opposition group at the organisation's headquarters in Khartoum.

Members then reportedly moved to the Khartoum Football Stadium, where the group held alternative elections in which they appointed a new committee of seven members.

Tarig Atta Saleh, a SFA member, claimed at the time that the governing body would inform FIFA of the events and the pressure placed on members of the Election Commission to hold separate elections.

In a statement today, FIFA said: "The suspension will be lifted only once the decree of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice of June 2, 2017 is declared null and void and the Board of Directors of the SFA with its President, Mutasim Gaafar, is reinstated."

On June 27, FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura reportedly said in a letter to the SFA that her organisation would impose a suspension if certain measures were not met by June 30.

Following its suspension, the SFA loses all its membership rights as defined in article 13 of the FIFA Statutes.

The country's national team or club sides are no longer entitled to take part in international competitions until the suspension is lifted.

This also means that neither the SFA nor any of its members or officials may benefit from any development programmes, courses or training from FIFA or the Confederation of African Football.

 

Here the post about Mali some months ago

 

[bestmen 2,817]

lol French Guiana 

[mrv86 3,138]

 

Second day in group A of CONCACAF 2017 Gold Cup, saw a couple of draws. Good result for Canada, who also can boast having current goal leader.

 

Now Canada and Costa Rica only need a draw in their next matches to advance into QF's.

[mrv86 3,138]

CONCACAF open an investigation against French Guiana's team because they aligned Florent Malouda, who was ineligible to play for that team, in their game against Honduras. 

 

[heywoodu 15,135]

20-year old Abdelhak Nouri of Ajax collapsed last Saturday during a friendly against Werder Bremen in Austria (which was live on TV). At first it looked like he sat down and maybe had troubles with the heat, but he stayed down, medical personall treated him for a long time (including CPR) before he was airlifted by helicopter to the Innsbruck hospital.

 

The first messages Saturday and Sunday were that they were keeping him in an artificial coma, but he was out of serious danger. Moments ago though, Ajax published a statement saying Nouri has very serious and most likely permanent brain damage

 

 

[hckošice 14,822]

Nicolas Gorosito Argentinian born central defender of Getafe (ESP) announced that he want play for Slovakia

 

If he´ll be called by our NT coach he would be the 3rd naturalized player in our football NT in history after Karim Guede (Togo - played 14 matched for SVK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karim_Guédé) and another Argentinian David Depetris (played as forward 2 matches including the 0-0 against Gibraltar - as the majority of this team he never was called after anymore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Depetris)