Wednesday, August 24, 2016

FIFA panel opens probes into South Africa match-fixing cases (Reuters)

Former SAFA (South African football association) president Kirsten Nematandani (L) with Gordon Igesund, Johannesburg, June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

FIFA's ethics watchdog has opened formal proceedings against ex-South Africa football chief Kirsten Nematandani and two other functionaries over alleged violations connected to fixing international friendlies in 2010, it said on Wednesday. The adjudicatory chamber of global soccer body FIFA's independent Ethics Committee said it opened cases against Nematandani, former Zimbabwe Football Association official Jonathan Musavengana and former Togo national team coach Bana Tchanile.


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