FIFA said Sunday they are probing whether Ethiopia, Togo and Equatorial Guinea each used an ineligible player in 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
The standard punishment given by the world football governing body is that a guilty team surrenders any points they gained and their opponents are awarded a 3-0 victory.
FIFA found Burkina Faso, Gabon and Sudan guilty of fielding ineligible players in qualifiers for Brazil and opponents Congo-Brazzavile, Niger and Zambia respectively were declared 3-0 winners.
Matches being investigated are the 2-1 win by Ethiopia in Botswana and the 2-0 win by Togo at home to Cameroon during June and the 4-3 home victory of Equatorial Guinea over the Cape Verde Islands last March.
Equatorial Guinea appealed against an unpublished FIFA disciplinary committee decision relating to the Malabo match and the follow-up proceedings have not been finalised.
Should Group A winners Ethiopia lose the three points, they would no longer be certain of qualifying for the play-offs with South Africa and Botswana back in contention.
Cameroon, who trail Libya by two points in Group I, could take a one-point lead into a September match with the North Africans if Togo broke World Cup regulations.
A verdict against Equatorial Guinea would put the Group B qualification of Tunisia on hold as the five-point gap between them and second-place Cape Verde would shrink to two points.
The FIFA statement did not name the Ethiopian, Togolese or Equatoguinean footballers being investigated nor give a date when the findings will be released.
AFP
Sun Jun 16 2013
Apple Pencil baharu hadir dengan sistem haptik
Apabila digunakan pada skrin iPad, pengguna boleh merasakan tindak balas haptik seakan menggunakan pensel sebenar.
[TERKINI] KPM giat laksana pelbagai inisiatif bagi reformasi pendidikan negara
KPM berkata, Laporan Bank Dunia bertajuk 'Bending Bamboo Shoots: Strengthening Foundation Skills' berkenaan sistem pendidikan negara diambil perhatian.
Tentera AS edar gambar jeti maritim Gaza siap dibina
Beberapa gambar pembinaan jeti maritim oleh tentera Amerika Syarikat (AS) di Gaza untuk menghantar bantuan kemanusiaan telah diedarkan Komando Pusat AS pada Isnin.
Pesara tentera maut dilanggar lori menggelongsor
Orang ramai yang mempunyai maklumat berhubung kejadian diminta menyalurkan maklumat berkenaan kepada pegawai penyiasat kes.
Kenaikan cukai perkhidmatan 8% beri kesan kos operasi, unjuran pendapatan Nestle Malaysia dikurangkan
Perbelanjaan operasi bagi 2024 juga diramal bertambah lagi susulan rasionalisasi bahan api yang berkemungkinan dilaksanakan.
Dua sahabat maut dilanggar bas
Mangsa maut di tempat kejadian akibat kecederaan parah di bahagian kepala.
25 terbunuh bas terjunam gaung di utara Peru
Bas antara negeri itu membawa 50 penumpang apabila insiden itu berlaku kira-kira 10.10 malam waktu tempatan.
Jepun, Uzbekistan berentap final Piala Asia B-23
Pasukan yang kalah dalam penentuan tempat ketiga itu akan menentang Guinea yang berada pada kedudukan keempat.
Che'gu Bard tiba di Mahkamah Sesyen Johor Bahru berdepan tuduhan lagi
Beliau yang hadir bersama peguamnya, Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali, dijangka berdepan satu lagi pertuduhan mengikut Akta Hasutan 1948.
Niaga AWANI: KWSP: Melestari kehidupan persaraan
Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) dikatakan bukan satu-satunya organisasi yang bertanggungjawab dari segi menambah baik kehidupan masyarakat. Namun KWSP telah memperkenalkan Akaun Fleksibel dan berkuat kuasa mulai 11 Mei 2024. Bagaimana pengurusan persaraan selepas ini dan apakah pendekatan terbaik bagi meningkatkan literasi kewangan dalam kalangan masyarakat?
Letupan di berek tentera, 20 maut dan lebih 600 cedera
Kejadian dipercayai disebabkan oleh kecuaian dalam pengurusan bahan letupan.