Fifa’s African football takeover plan set for court challenge
Proposed move to parachute Fifa secretary-general Fatma Samoura in to overhaul the governing body faces a roadblock
22 July 2019 - 14:52
Cape Town — Fifa’s plan to take over the running of African football faces a roadblock, with an executive committee member of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) saying he will challenge the decision in court.
Musa Hassan Bility, who is from Liberia and a Caf executive committee member for the past two years, said he will ask the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport to declare invalid the agreement by which Fifa secretary-general Fatma Samoura will be sent on a secondment to overhaul the African governing body...
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