{"id":1249961,"date":"2022-11-13T21:53:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T21:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/13\/world-cup-2022-african-football-governing-body-supports-fifas-call-for-unity\/"},"modified":"2022-11-13T21:53:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T21:53:18","slug":"world-cup-2022-african-football-governing-body-supports-fifas-call-for-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/13\/world-cup-2022-african-football-governing-body-supports-fifas-call-for-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2022: African football governing body supports Fifa\u2019s call for unity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-21-at-19.21.57-2-696x464.jpeg\"   alt=\"Caf President Dr Patrice Motsepe\" title=\"Caf President Dr Patrice Motsepe\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caf President Dr Patrice Motsepe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has supported Fifa\u2019s call for unity and inclusion ahead of the upcoming World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>The host nation has been criticised for its stance on same-sex relationships, its human rights record and its treatment of migrant workers.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, world governing body Fifa\u00a0wrote to competing nations\u00a0asking them to \u201cnow focus on the football\u201d instead of the competition\u2019s controversial build-up.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>However, Sepp Blatter, who was Fifa president when Qatar was awarded the tournament in 2010, stoked matters by saying that awarding the tournament to the Gulf state\u00a0was \u201ca mistake\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>With the first game of the finals on 20 November, Caf president Patrice Motsepe has now echoed\u00a0the support given by Conmebol,\u00a0the South American football confederation.<\/p>\n<p>Caf knows Qatar well, having hosted its Super Cup match \u2013 between the winners of its two leading club competitions \u2013 between 2019 and 2021 in the capital Doha, even though the Asian country clearly sits outside the continent of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recognize that football has over the years been an important tool for bringing together and uniting people from different races, language groups and religious backgrounds,\u201d Motsepe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Fifa World Cup is an important global sporting event that brings together people from different countries and continents for the development and celebration of football worldwide and the advancement of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Qatar World Cup, the first to be hosted in the Middle East in the tournament\u2019s 92-year-history and the first during the Northern Hemisphere winter, will culminate in the final on 18 December.<\/p>\n<p>African champions Senegal lead the continent\u2019s five representatives at the finals alongside Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco and Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"rgxMbIkYl5o\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NDC Elects Regional Officers Part 1 - Nnawotwi Yi on Adom TV (12-11-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rgxMbIkYl5o?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caf President Dr Patrice Motsepe The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has supported Fifa\u2019s call for unity and inclusion ahead of the upcoming World Cup in Qatar. The host nation has been criticised for its stance on same-sex relationships, its human rights record and its treatment of migrant workers. 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