1/29/2007

FIFA Warn Poland

FIFA have warned Poland they will be banned from international competition unless the government reverses a decision to suspend the Polish Football Association (PZPN) amid a match-fixing scandal.

Urs Linsi, general secretary of soccer's world governing body, told Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza that the decision by Polish Minister of Sport Tomasz Lipiec last week to appoint a commissioner to head the PZPN was totally unacceptable.

The government's action followed the detention by prosecutors of as many as 70 referees, club bosses and FA officials after a two-year investigation into allegations of bribery and match-fixing in the Polish game.

Linsi said FIFA would accept no meddling in FA affairs.

Meanwhile, Feyenoord will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne over their UEFA Cup exclusion, the Dutch club has said.

The Rotterdam-based claimed they believe they cannot be held responsible for the crowd disturbances before and during their group-stage match against Nancy in France in November for which they were banned.

Feyenoord qualified for the first knockout round but the UEFA ban handed their English opponents Tottenham Hotspur a bye into the last 16 of the competition.

“Pending our appeal we will continue our preparations for the matches against Spurs and we will urge the Court of Arbitration for Sport to make a quick decision,” Feyenoord said.
Source:newswire.co.nz



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