{"id":213451,"date":"2016-05-11T13:01:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T13:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=213451"},"modified":"2016-05-11T13:01:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T13:01:50","slug":"benin-suspended-from-global-football-by-fifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/05\/benin-suspended-from-global-football-by-fifa\/","title":{"rendered":"Benin suspended from global football by Fifa"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fifa has suspended the Benin Football Federation (FBF) from global football after a court ruling in the country blocked upcoming elections.<\/p>\n
A statement from football’s world governing body said: “The Benin Football Association (FBF) was suspended with immediate effect due to a recent injunction by a local judicial court which impeded the holding of the due election.”<\/p>\n
It means Benin is set to miss June’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n
The decision was made at the inaugural Fifa Council meeting, which is being held in Mexico.<\/p>\n
A court ruling in Benin on 4th May prevented the FBF from holding presidential elections and the suspension will be lifted only once a new Executive Committee has been installed.<\/p>\n
Benin is currently second in Group C, two points behind group leaders Mali.<\/p>\n
The Squirrels are due to host Equatorial Guinea on the weekend of 3-5 June and then travel to face Mali in September.<\/p>\n
Only the group winners are guaranteed a place at the 2017 finals in Gabon.<\/p>\n
The Fifa Council meeting also ratified a recent decision of the bureau of the Council to appoint a normalisation committee to run the daily affairs of the Guinea Football Federation.
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\nBy: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fifa has suspended the Benin Football Federation (FBF) from global football after a court ruling in the country blocked upcoming elections. A statement from football’s world governing body said: “The Benin Football Association (FBF) was suspended with immediate effect due to a recent injunction by a local judicial court which impeded the holding of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n