ZURICH: FIFA has lifted the suspension that was imposed on the Kuwait Football Association (KFA) in October 2015 over alleged government interference in the running of the country's football governing body.
The decision was taken by the FIFA council following official confirmation to the game's world governing body that the Kuwait parliament has adopted a new Sports Law of Kuwait, which replaces all the previous ones and has been amended in order to be fully compliant with the FIFA statutes and requirements.
In a related development, FIFA president Gianni Infantino met Kuwait's emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in Kuwait on Wednesday, and said he hoped the lifting would be the start of a new era for the football-crazy Gulf nation.
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