FIFA Suspends El Salvador
From World Soccer
Football's world governing body, Fifa, has
suspended El Salvador from all international
competition.
Fifa accused the Salvadoran government of
interfering in the game by refusing to
recognize local football officials it had
appointed.
If the dispute is not resolved, three El
Salvadoran referees will not be able to take
part in the World Cup finals in South Africa
in June.
The El Salvador team did not qualify for the
competition.
Last year Fifa assigned a special commission
to reform the finances of El Salvador's
football federation, Fesfut, after the
resignation of its head, Rodrigo Calvo.
But the new left-wing government of
President Mauricio Funes has refused to
recognize the commission.
Fifa says it considers this to be political
interference in the game.
It says the suspension could be finalized at
a meeting of its executive committee and
congress on 8 June if the Salvadoran
government does not change its position. |
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