Togo Coach Resigns
Head coach of the Togo senior
national team, Henri Stambouli, has resigned his position at the
team after barely four months in charge.
This news comes as a blow to
the Hawks, whose crucial 2010 World Cup/Nations Cup qualifier
against the Chipolopolo boys of Zambia comes up in less than two
weeks time.
According to reports monitored
on BBC Sport, the Togolese Football Federation claims that the
Frenchman departed the position due to a disagreement over his
salary.
However, Stambouli has pointed
out that his real reason for departing was the lack of proper
training facilities provided for him by the TFF.
"The TFF has not co-operated
in providing me with the necessary facilities to train the players
and make other preparations for Togo for their 2010 qualifying
matches," he said.
Assistant coach of the team,
Kodjovi Mawuena will take charge of the team temporarily ahead of
their game against Zambia.
The Togolese team are bottom
of the three-team Group 11, but are only a point behind joint group
leaders, Swaziland and Zambia, who are on four points.
Ethiopia/Morocco qualifier postponed
IFA has confirmed that the
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa preliminary match between Ethiopia
and Morocco, originally scheduled for Sunday, September7, 2008. The
match was postponed due to the current suspension of the Ethiopian
Football Federation (EFF) from international football.
A Bureau of the Organising
Committee for the FIFA World Cup will convene in due course to
discuss this fixture and the situation in Group 8 of the African
Zone.
