Burkino Faso fans at the 2010 Africa
Cup of Nations. (Photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
By Keir Radnedge, Chairman AIPS
Football Commission,www.keirradnedge.com
Burkina Faso have become the third African team to have
World Cup qualifying points deducted for nationality cheating.
FIFA
has awarded Congo a 3-0 win after a 0-0 draw in June in which Burkina Faso
fielded Herve Zengue, a Cameroonian defender whom they have controversially
continued to use despite repeated doubts over his eligibility.
The
world federation’s disciplinary committee also fined the Burkina Faso FA 6,000
Swiss francs.
Namibia
protested late last year that Burkina Faso’s use of Zengue in two 2012 African
Nations Cup qualifying matches contravened rules on player eligibility.
