Confedaration of African Football, CAF, has imposed a 100,000 dollars (five million dalasis) on the Gambia Football Federation.
Gabon’s team last month spent hours at the airport for refusing to take fresh coronavirus test from health authorities. They were required to do so under Gambian law.
But the disciplinary board of CAF has on December 6 held the “Gambian federation did not comply to the loyalty, integrity and sportsmanship values and rules of Fair Play concerning the reception of the Gabonese Delegation”.
CAF said half of the 100,000 is suspended on the condition that the “federation is not found guilty of a similar offense within a period of twenty-four (24) months”.
Meanwhile, CAF has also decided to punish Gabon’s captain Pierre Emerick Aubameyang for “publicly published offensive and degrading material that undermines the honor and image of the Confederation of African Football”.
“The CAF Disciplinary Board decided to impose a fine of 10,000 USD for breach of the values of sportsmanship and integrity on the Gabonese Football Federation for the regrettable behavior of the player,” CAF said on Tuesday in a statement.
