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FIFA suspends Nepal over third-party interference
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize World football’s governing body FIFA has suspended Nepal’s football association, officials said Thursday, barring the country from all international competitions.
- Nepal is currently ranked 175th in FIFA’s world rankings.
- FIFA holds that a national football association must operate independently of government bodies.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize World football’s governing body FIFA has suspended Nepal’s football association, officials said Thursday, barring the country from all international competitions.
Nepal is currently ranked 175th in FIFA’s world rankings. The women’s national team ranks 88th.
FIFA said in a letter to the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) that the decision came after “undue interference by a third party”, referring to arguments between ANFA and Nepal’s National Sports Council, the country’s authority for sports administration, over governance of Nepali football.
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