South Africa Rejects FIFA Bribery Claims

South Africa rejects FIFA’s claim that a $10-million bribe was paid by the country to win the right to host the World Cup in 2010, Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula said on Thursday.

“South Africa did not pay any bribe nor did it illegally obtain the right to host the World Cup,” he said at a news conference in Cape Town.

He said FIFA must retract its statement made on Wednesday, when it sought restitution in U.S. courts from former FIFA executive committee members it said had accepted bribes in the awarding of World Cup hosting rights.

“We paid money to a legacy project in the African Diaspora in the Caribbean,” Mbalula said.

 

South Africa Rejects FIFA Bribery Claims

FIFA Has Been Strengthened - Danny Jordaan

The President of South African Football Association Danny Jordan has asserted his believe in Gianni Infantino as  FIFA boss, as the association is been strengthened.

 

Infantino is faced with the task of cleansing FIFA as it has been faced with  wire fraud, racketeering, and money laundering in the past recent years.

 

“The reporting lines are clear, the governance of FIFA is strengthened, transparency has been strengthened,” he told Eye Witness news.

 

He further went to say “So on the plus side, he comes into a new environment for organizing, managing and controlling world football but he’s a person that has, I think, significant experience to steer FIFA into calmer waters.”

Jordaan did not attend the presidential election in Zurich, citing a busy schedule in his duties as mayor of the South African coastal city of Port Elizabeth.

 

According to Germany’s Kicker magazine Jordaan allegedly stayed away from the congress for the  fear of possible arrest in the investigation into a $10 million bribe allegedly paid to former CONCACAF president Jack Warner to secure hosting rights for the 2010 World Cup.

 

 

FIFA Has Been Strengthened - Danny Jordaan

Danny Jordaan Blames CAF for Sexwale Withdrawal

The President of  the South African Football Association Danny Jordan has pointed fingers at the Confederation of African Football for the failure of Tokyo Sexwale’s quest for the FIFA Presidency that took place last Friday in Zurich.

 

Tokyo Sexwale’s bid to become FIFA president was doomed as soon as his own confederation refused to back him,as CAF handed their endorsement to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president at an executive meeting in Rwanda last month.

 

“I was at the CAF meeting in Rwanda where Tokyo was present,” Jordaan told South Africa’s Eye Witness News.

 

Jordaan added that CAF  had a meeting with Sexwale  where they put forward to him as to why they found it difficult to support him.

“When we left Kigali, it was clear that CAF was not going to support him”, he concluded.

Danny Jordaan Blames CAF for Sexwale Withdrawal

Cape Verde Ranked First In Africa (See Africa"s Top Ten Teams)

Latex FIFA Rankings released by FIFA on the 3rd March 2016 sees Cape Verde first on the African Continent for the first time, Ivory is now second on the rankings(see Africa’s top ten below)

AFRICAN 10 Ten Teams

Cape Verde – 31

Ivory Coast -36

Algeria         – 37

Ghana           – 41

Tunisia         – 47

Senegal        – 48

Egypt           – 53

Dr Congo    -58

Congo           -59

Cameroon    – 61

Cape Verde Ranked First In Africa (See Africa"s Top Ten Teams)