soccer Tuesday, September 27, 2016 Outcry as FIFA disbands anti-racism taskforceFIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura insisted that the fight against racism is being taken "very seriously" despite the governing body''s taskforce overseeing discrimination being abolished. The Associated Press revealed on Sunday that the anti-racism group was being dismantled after FIFA decided that its mission had been completed after three years. “The fight against racism is far from over and the notion that the current FIFA leadership believes that the ‘taskforce’s recommendations have been implemented’ is shameful,” said Prince Ali, a former FIFA presidential candidate and FIFA vice president. “Now the idea that FIFA believes that it’s the right time to disband its anti-racism taskforce is ridiculous.”Prince Ali believes the taskforce should have been empowered to work further with soccer authorities and governments to use the sport to tackle discrimination in wider society. “The taskforce had a very specific mandate that to our knowledge it has fully fulfilled,” Samoura said at the SoccerEx convention.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald September 27, 2016 03:00 UTC