MALI SUPENDED FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

(DPA / NAN) FIFA announced on Friday in Zurich that all Malian football clubs have been suspended from international competitions after the country's government interfered in the national association. The football organization took action after the Malian Sports Minister, Housseini Amion Guindo, decided to replace the executive body of the Malian Football Federation FEMAFOOT with a new provisional management. The suspension will be lifted once the ministerial decisions have been canceled, "he said in a statement. Meanwhile, FEMAFOOT has lost its FIFA membership rights, and the national team and clubs of the West African country are banned from international events.