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FIFA launches Diversity Award to tackle discrimination
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 22 - 03 - 2016

FIFA says it will present a Diversity Award in July to honor work eliminating discrimination in soccer.
The 11 judges will include former FIFA presidential candidate Tokyo Sexwale, executive committee member Moya Dodd and transgender American Samoa player Jaiyah Saelua.
The award was suggested in 2013 by FIFA's discrimination task force, whose work has stalled since the 2014 World Cup.
FIFA says the winner will be "an outstanding organization, group initiative or football personality that is standing up for diversity and anti-discrimination in football."
To help tackle discrimination, FIFA asked its 209 member federations to submit an "action plan" by the end of this month.
FIFA wrote to members reminding them of their "responsibility to eliminate racism and discrimination in football within your jurisdiction."
FIFA bans 2 Algerian players extended worldwide
FIFA has extended four-year bans to apply worldwide for two Algerian players who tested positive for cocaine.
FIFA says a third player who tested positive for the stimulant methylhexaneamine also had his four-year ban extended globally.
The FIFA disciplinary committee added the international sanctions after all three cases were dealt with by the Algerian soccer federation.
Algeria international Youcef Belaili tested positive for cocaine after playing for USM Algers in an African Champions League match last August.
FIFA says the 24-year-old Belaili is banned through Sept. 19, 2019.
Rafik Boussaid of RC Arbaa, who also tested positive for cocaine, is banned through Sept. 20, 2019. Kheireddine Merzougui of MC Alger is banned through Jan. 24, 2020, for his methylhexaneamine case. — Agencies


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