The nine Zambian players involved in the 2011 Finnish match fixing scandal hopes of further reprieve have been hit after Fifa extending its ban to worldwide until April 2013.
Fifa said in a statement that the two year ban from the Finland Football Federation was binding in all football motherbodys’ member states.
“In its fight against match-fixing and its determination to protect the foundation of sport and fair play, FIFA has taken another important decision. The Chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee extended sanctions imposed by the Disciplinary Committee of the Finland Football Federation on six players as to have worldwide effect. On 3 April 2012, the Finland Football Federation banned the players Godfrey Chibanga, Chileshe Chibwe, Steven Kunda, Christopher Musonda, Chanda Mwaba and Nchimunya Mweetwa on taking part in any football-related activity on grounds of match-fixing and unsporting behaviour for a period of two years as from 6 April 2011, date on which the players were provisionally suspended,” the statement read.
The news is a bog blow for three Faz Super Division clubs.
Promoted Napsa Stars and National Assembly have been the hardest hit.
Napsa has three players on his roaster for 2012 namely Mweetwa, Musonda and Chibwe.
Assembly on the other hand will miss midfielder Donwell Yobe who has been a creative force in their last three games scoring two goals he has played in since Faz lifted their local ban a last month.
Power Dynamos have striker Francis Kombe and defender Kunda.
The teams that used these tricksters should be docked points. Is it FAZ who made a mistake by allowing them play?
no points lost they shud be left alone its FAZ who cleared them. sorry to the players. clubs have no case to answer
How did FAZ clear them without authority from FIFA?
Good question boy
good question indeed, FAZ should be investigated as well
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That’s our FAZ secretariate for you. In my view the match fixerz should have been handed life banz. Like a docctor/nurse/clinician intentionally administering reduced/half the prescribed drugz, a mechanic doing ??? withe engine, an accountant just cooking figurez, surely you don’t want thoze people anywhere near their workplacez ever again. Maybe, becauze the game of football iz not life threatening…
Criminal minded players atase!
criminally minded bemba football players
FAZ and the affected clubs to blame. Why not go for new players with clean record. Leave those rotten eggs out.
Too bad :(
#6 It iz a very serious dezeaze to have to attach tribe to anything you think, say and do. Sure Nchimunya Mweetwa and some other namez here are not all from one tribe?
Good move FIFA
#1 the way you commented is amano yakutumpa.
I knew it can be bemba players involved, even that mweetwa iam sure the mother is bemba, yaba these people, we dont know what to do with them in zambia, maybe UN can help us sell them to other countries
Match-fixing is a very serious offence in other sports and in other countries. But then we are talking about Zambian footbal in Zambia. In Zambia anything goes. What a shame!
bembas dominate everywhere,football,politics,stealing etc
People who hate Bembas suffer from inferiority complex.
You have already banned these players. Football is the source of life for them. Am sure they learn a lesson never to be forgotten. The humiliation and all. forgive them!!!
wat are these chaps goin to eat,its not lyk they made millions in finland