FIFA has lifted its 18-month suspension of the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) just days before the draw for the African qualification competition for the 2026 World Cup, officials confirmed on Monday.An interim normalisation committee has been appointed to run the affairs of ZIFA until elections for
FIFA has lifted its 18-month suspension of the Zimbabwe Football Association just days before the draw for the African qualification competition for the 2026 World Cup, officials confirmed on Monday.
Zimbabwe was suspended by the global governing body in February 2022 following perceived government interference in the running of the troubled football association. Zimbabwe played in the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, but were barred from taking part in the preliminaries for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ivory Coast.
Among their day-to-day duties, the normalization committee will also"review the ZIFA Statutes and Electoral Code to ensure their compliance with the FIFA Statutes and requirements, and to ensure their adoption by the ZIFA Congress".
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