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Qatar’s Madibo banned for 5 games after breaking leg of Canada’s Kone
Key takeaways
- Madibo’s tackle on Kone in the team’s Group B match left the Canadian player with a broken leg.
- Madibo was issued a straight red card for the incident during Canada’s 6-0 victory over Qatar in Vancouver last Thursday.
- The suspension rules him out of Qatar’s remaining World Cup matches, including Wednesday’s encounter that saw Bosnia and Herzegovina hand the 2022 hosts a 3-1 thrashing at Seattle Stadium.
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Madibo’s tackle on Kone in the team’s Group B match left the Canadian player with a broken leg.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Canada's Richie Laryea shouts at Qatar's Assim Madibo after his challenge that injured Canada's Ismael Kone [File: Lee Smith/Reuters]By Anushe Engineer, AP and Reuters Published On 24 Jun 202624 Jun 2026Qatar player Assim Madibo has been given a five-match ban for the tackle that broke the leg of Canada midfielder Ismael Kone at the World Cup.
Madibo was issued a straight red card for the incident during Canada’s 6-0 victory over Qatar in Vancouver last Thursday.
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