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Sierra Leone’s African Cup ties against Ghana scrapped
CAIRO, Oct 10, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Sierra Leone’s African Cup of Nations
qualifiers against Ghana this week have been scrapped owing to the nation’s
unresolved row with FIFA, the Confederation of African Football said
Wednesday.
Sierra Leone was suspended by FIFA over government interference in football
and was given a deadline of 1700 GMT on Tuesday by world football’s governing
body to come up with guarantees that it had resolved the issue.
“Qualifier matches Ghana vs Sierra Leone & Sierra Leone vs Ghana on the
11th and 14th of October respectively have been cancelled…” CAF said in a
tweet.
It added that the Sierra Leone Football Association had supplied the
guarantees requested by FIFA to allow the suspension to be lifted.
The West African nation was rocked last week when FIFA suspended it for
government interference.
The bustup is rooted in a move by the country’s anti-corruption commission
to sack SLFA president Isha Johansen and general secretary Christopher Kamara
during an ongoing probe into corruption and mismanagement.
FIFA had demanded that the pair be reinstated when it announced the
suspension on October 5.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1455 hrs