FIFA Cancels Ruling Council’s 2-Day Meeting in Paraguay

Date: 19 February 2020 - 22:06

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ZURICH (AP) -- FIFA has canceled plans for its ruling council to travel to South America next month for a two-day meeting.
Informing the 37-member panel of a replacement video conference call hosted at its Zurich headquarters on March 20, FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura cited concerns expressed by some members of their long travel times to Paraguay’s capital, Asuncion.
Samoura noted ‘’widespread concerns’’ about international travel during a viral outbreak in China, plus cost and environmental efficiencies as worthy reasons for changing plans.
The decision comes during a month of tension between FIFA and leaders of African soccer, and a renewed alliance between the governing bodies of the game’s traditional continental powers, Europe and South America.