The Government of
Line ministry responsible for football affairs,
The Flames is expected to host the Elephants on
Sports and Youth ministry director of sports Jameson Ndalama said this in response to a
Ndalama said: "The situation is critical and difficult as it stands as FAM has indicated that they require an extra funding in the range of K200 million, which is tough and very difficult to solicit because of the budget we are using now.
"So, now we are waiting to hear from the Ministry of Finance to advise us on the way forward. Until then, we have no money for the
FAM president Walter Nyamilandu Wednesday in an interview said their hopes rest with government bailing out the Flames, failing which the Flames will have to withdraw from the tournament.
He said: "Such undesirable outcome will lead to CAF/Fifa imposing sanctions on
"We have no any other option apart from pursuing supplementary funding, having exhausted all sources of funding."
However, the former Wanderers and Flames towering defender, Nyamilandu emphasized that the Flames deserve the support of the nation, having demonstrated lately excellent performance by qualifying for
"It will be a missed opportunity if we are forced to withdraw from the World Cup because the consequences will be severe," said Nyamilandu.
Part of Article 5 (2) of the regulations states: "Any association that withdraws after the start of the preliminary competition will be sanctioned with a fine of at least 40
FAM suffered a K100 million cut in its annual government subvention for the 2021/22 financial year, having been allocated K200 million following the planned transition to a new financial year cycle starting
Following the reduction, FAM lodged a complaint with the
Nyamilandu said
The Flames are third in their four-team Group D with three points from two matches, having lost their opening match 2-0 to
The African section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acts as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in
A total of five slots in the final tournament are available for CAF teams to cruise through to the
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