{"id":469805,"date":"2011-07-28T13:19:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T13:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/28\/diouf-given-five-year-senegal-ban\/"},"modified":"2011-07-28T13:19:51","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T13:19:51","slug":"diouf-given-five-year-senegal-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/28\/diouf-given-five-year-senegal-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Diouf given five-year Senegal ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"68.7535734706\">\n<div readability=\"66.6987654321\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/51325000\/jpg\/_51325541_diouf466.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"282\" alt=\"Rangers forward El Hadji Diouf\" \/> Diouf has not been called into the Senegal national team since April 2009<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Blackburn Rovers&#8217; El-Hadji Diouf has been banned from all football-related activities in Senegal for five years.<\/p>\n<p>The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) slapped the ban on the forward after remarks he made in the media about corruption in African football.<\/p>\n<p>An FSF statement read: &#8220;Diouf is banned from performing any football-related activity for a period of five years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Diouf reacted angrily to the FSF&#8217;s claims that he had failed to appear for a disciplinary hearing last week.<\/p>\n<p>The committee wanted to ask the Blackburn striker about comments he had made on Radio France International, claiming that &#8220;the whole system of African football is corrupt&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The federation claimed Diouf had been called to a hearing on 20 July, but the Blackburn forward insisted he had heard nothing of it.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"24.462585034\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/14324391.stm#skip_feature_02\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"5\">\n<p>Diouf is banned from performing any football-related activity for a period of five years<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Senegal Football Federtion<\/span><\/div>\n<p>He subsequently told French magazine Stade he would &#8220;go to war&#8221; with the FSF if they took further action.<\/p>\n<p>It remains possible, according to the FSF, that the decision could be reversed if Diouf were to appear before the disciplinary committee.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as Diouf&#8217;s club career hangs in the balance.<\/p>\n<p>He has been fined by Blackburn for failing to report on time for pre-season training, and was left out for their pre-season tour to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Steve Kean said in an interview this week that he thought it was time for Diouf to leave the club, indicating that enquiries have been made by other clubs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/14324391.stm\" title=\"Diouf given five-year Senegal ban\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diouf given five-year Senegal ban<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Diouf has not been called into the Senegal national team since April 2009 Blackburn Rovers&#8217; El-Hadji Diouf has been banned from all football-related activities in Senegal for five years. 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