Fifa confirmed on Monday that the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) has been sanctioned for fielding an ineligible player in the preliminary competition match for the 2014 Fifa World Cup between Botswana and Ethiopia played on 8 June 2013. The match was declared to be forfeited and they awarded 3-0 in favour of Botswana, with the EFF also receiving a fine of CHF 6 000 after the Fifa Disciplinary Committee considered the EFF liable for having breached article 55 paragraph 1 of the Fifa Disciplinary Code and article 8 of the 2014 Fifa World Cup regulations. The sanction relates to the Ethiopian player Minyahile Teshome Beyene failing to serve the automatic one-match suspension imposed on him following two cautions received in two different matches (article 17 paragraph 3 of the Fifa Disciplinary Code).
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 10:05:30 +0000
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