By Mark Baber
June 30 -FIFA has given Sudan a final warning that it faces an international ban from football unless it overturns a governmental order to install a new football association president today (Friday).
If the ban goes into effect on Saturday it will immediately destroy the hopes of Al Hilal Obeid who lead Confederation Cup Group C and are due to stage a game against Angola’s Recreativo do Libolo on Saturday evening.
The Sudanese FA is torn by rival factions headed by FIFA-recognised SFA president Dr Mutasim Gaafar and Sudan Ministry of Justice recognised General Abdel Rahman Sir Elkatim.
Abdel Rahman won SFA elections in April but these were not recognised by FIFA who had ordered a six month suspension to holding elections in the country.
FIFA has issued a statement saying: “The Bureau of the FIFA Council decided on 27 June that if the decree of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice of Sudan of 2 June – giving the police the right to evacuate the SFA premises and hand it over to a self-proclaimed president of the SFA – has not been declared null or void by 30 June, the SFA will be automatically suspended with immediate effect.”
“The suspension would be lifted once the decree of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice of 2 June is declared null or void and the Board of Directors of the SFA with its President, Dr Mutasim Gaafar, is reinstated.”
Earlier this month, FIFA and CAF sent a delegation to try to find a solution but the various parties failed to come to an agreement.
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