The temporary board of the Togolese Football Federation (FTF) on Sunday poised ex- national team coach Bana Tchanile from all sporting behavior for a period of three years for foremost a fake Togolese national team to play Bahrain in a FIFA-recognised friendly on September 7, state television TVT said on Monday.The Bahrain Football Association (BFA) had made contact with Togo right away after the match played in Manama, which was with no trouble won by the Bahraini side, to verify the genuineness of the squad.The BFA alerted FIFA thereafter and a joint exploration with Togo’s FA was launched late last week.Full story
Fifa, the world's football leading body, has launched an inquiry into claims that Pyongyang punished the coach and players of the North Korean team following the side's dismal recital at the 2010 World Cup. Previous month, Radio Free Asia said so as to all members of the North Korea squad, separately from two foreign-based players, were subjected to "harsh ideological criticism" after they lost all three matches and approved the highest number of goals by a team at the rivalry. "We send a letter to the football federation to tell us about their election of a new president and to find out if the accusations made by the media that the coach and some players were fated and punished are true," said Sepp Blatter, the Fifa President.
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