{"id":56783,"date":"2022-04-01T18:22:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T16:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fifa-president-gianni-infantino-speaks-on-zifa-suspension"},"modified":"2022-04-01T20:32:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T18:32:25","slug":"fifa-president-gianni-infantino-speaks-on-zifa-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fifa-president-gianni-infantino-speaks-on-zifa-suspension","title":{"rendered":"FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, Speaks On ZIFA Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The FIFA Congress on Thursday overwhelmingly voted for the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) to remain suspended from international football.<\/p>\n<p>The FIFA Congress, which is a meeting of FIFA\u2019s member states, in Doha, Qatar, voted for the suspension of Zimbabwe, Kenya and Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA president, Gianni Infantino introduced a motion to endorse Zimbabwe\u2019s suspension and a total of 199 members voted in support while only two members, presumably Pakistan and Qatar, voted against the motion.<\/p>\n<p>Nine other members thought to be COSAFA members \u2013 South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Lesotho, eSwatini, Angola and Namibia abstained.<\/p>\n<p>Infantino said ZIFA\u2019s suspension will be lifted when the ZIFA board, led by Felton Kamambo, is reinstated. Said, Infantino:<\/p>\n<p>FIFA Council suspended Zimbabwe Football Association on February 24, 2022, with immediate effect due to third party interference, in particular the takeover of the ZIFA football activities by a \u2018so-called\u2019 restructuring committee appointed by the Government after the latter\u2019s executive committee and the general secretary had been suspended which constituted a violation of the FIFA Statutes.<\/p>\n<p>We, therefore, recommended that Congress confirms this suspension of ZIFA, enabling also the Council to lift the suspension once the pertinent requirements have been fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p>The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC), which suspended the ZIFA board, appointed a restructuring committee that will serve the functions of the ZIFA committee, but this was rejected by FIFA.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe will not be allowed to participate in any international football activities.<\/p>\n<p>This means that the Warriors could miss out on qualification for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals.<\/p>\n<p>Local football clubs will be barred from representing the country in continental competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe will also miss out on the annual cash injection from FIFA, around US$8 million in a four-year period.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The FIFA Congress on Thursday overwhelmingly voted for the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) to remain suspended from international football. The FIFA Congress, which is a meeting of FIFA\u2019s member states, in Doha, Qatar, voted for the suspension of Zimbabwe, Kenya and Pakistan. FIFA president, Gianni Infantino introduced a motion to endorse Zimbabwe\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":56782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,16,15],"tags":[1493,2189,727,9236,3355,759,392,9248,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-56783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-sport","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-fifa","14":"tag-fifa-congress","15":"tag-gianni-infantino","16":"tag-src","17":"tag-zifa","18":"tag-zifa-ban","19":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, Speaks On ZIFA Suspension - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The FIFA Congress on Thursday overwhelmingly voted for the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) to remain suspended from ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fifa-president-gianni-infantino-speaks-on-zifa-suspension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, Speaks On ZIFA Suspension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The FIFA Congress on Thursday overwhelmingly voted for the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) to remain suspended from ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fifa-president-gianni-infantino-speaks-on-zifa-suspension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-01T16:22:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-01T18:32:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/04\/img-624745193a828.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"417\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fifa-president-gianni-infantino-speaks-on-zifa-suspension\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fifa-president-gianni-infantino-speaks-on-zifa-suspension\",\"name\":\"FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, Speaks On ZIFA Suspension - 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