Newcastle United striker Yoane Wissa's DR Congo in new FIFA storm over ineligible player at World Cup
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The next veritable scandal is in the house of FIFA's World Football Association. Internal documents show that the Democratic Republic of Congo set up an unfit goalkeeper on the way to the World Cup - and FIFA knew about it.
FIFA has allowed a player from DR Congo, who was not eligible to play for the national team, to be selected for the World Cup, The New York Times reports
FIFA has allowed a player from DR Congo, who was not eligible to play for the national team, to be selected for the World Cup, The New York Times reports.According to the source, the incident occurred in the match of the intercontinental playoff...
According to internal documents of which "Le Monde" became aware, the body chaired by Gianni Infantino did not apply any sanction after the alignment of a Congolese player ineligible during several qualifying matches for the World Championship, overtaking his own code of discipline, the jurisprudence and the recommendations of his lawyers.
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laprovincia.esGianni Infantino's FIFA deliberately favored the Democratic Republic of the Congo, allowing its anti-regulation classification for the 2026 World Cup, according to two journalistic investigations by 'The New York Times' and 'Le Monde'. The international federation was aware that Franco-Congolese goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi was playing irregularly with the African team in the previous qualifiers, but avoided sanctioning him. RD Congo subsequently rea…
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