Togo banned from two Nations Cup tournaments

[GrandOldTeam]

Luanda - Togo, who pulled out of the Africa Cup of Nations after a terrorist attack on their team bus, have been banned for the next two editions of the tournament, the African Football Confederation (CAF) said Saturday.

CAF president Issa Hayatou said the decision was based on "governmental interference", which led to the team's decision to pull out of this year's edition.

Togo decided to pull out of the tournament after two members of their delegation were shot and killed during an attack on the team bus as it passed through the restive Angolan enclave of Cabinda.

The armed wing of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC), embroiled in a decades-long separatist struggle, claimed responsibility for the attack. - Sapa-AFP

Crazy stuff

 

[heatmeiser]

I'm sure they're gutted.

 

[Goat]

Wrong on so many levels.

 

[Lao]

Some of these people need to join the civilized world.

 

[Neiler]

Fifa is a joke and international football is a joke - this is wrong - but im not surprised - they are idiots.

 

[Lao]

It's the CAF, but FIFA should step in and over-rule this. Probably won't though with the WC in SA round the corner. Won't want to rock any boats. The idiots are running the asylum.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Fifa is a joke and international football is a joke - this is wrong - but im not surprised - they are idiots.

You can blame International football, but all levels of football have pathetic stupid rules mate.

Game needs to be revolutionised big time.

 

[PicklesTheDrummer]

This is idiotic. Their team bus got shot at, and you decide to punish them?

 

[chicoazul]

Unbelievable really.

 

[Muggins]

This is idiotic. Their team bus got shot at, and you decide to punish them?

it weren't us mate. :huh:

 

[Hayee]

Scum, horrible, selfish, heartless bastards

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Scum, horrible, selfish, heartless bastards

Don't beat about the bush, say what you're feeling.



Got to say I agree with you 100

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

absolute disgrace.

 

[Grarghsies]

Someone should put THEM in a bus and shoot it, killing their friends and then see if they want to go to work 2 days later.

******s.

 

[chicoazul]

Someone should put THEM in a bus and shoot it, killing their friends and then see if they want to go to work 2 days later.

******s.

I'd consider that to be a little harsh to teach them a lesson but fair enough, caught on the wave of emotion and all that.