FIFA Sets Up Normalization Committee To Run Cameroonian Football Federation

FIFA set up a "normalisation committee" to run the Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT), according to the BBC. Football's world governing body said that it took the the decision after "recent failed attempts by Fifa to reconcile the football stakeholders in Cameroon and overcome the current impasse." The committee will run FECAFOOT's daily affairs, draft new statutes and organize elections for a new exec committee by the end of February. There have been "internal wrangles in Cameroon" since elections in '15 were annulled by the Cameroon National Sports & Olympic Committee's arbitration chamber. A meeting held in June in Guinea involving FIFA and several stakeholders from Cameroon "failed to resolve the issues" (BBC, 8/24). The AP reported FIFA's intervention comes "amid speculation Cameroon could be stripped of hosting the next African Cup of Nations" in '19. Confederation of African Football President Ahmad this month "cast doubt on Cameroon's ability to prepare for the expanded 24-team tournament" (AP, 8/23).