However, the IAAF decided not to punish individual World Cup 2002 contestants - accepting the GB squad members suffered through no fault of their own because of Chambers' actions.
"We intend to link up with what these young African footballers did for Africa's football during the World Cup 2002 and what AAA does for Africans, " Gadio told a Dakar press conference.
Ronaldinho won the World Cup in 2002 and famously knocked out England at that tournament after lobbing keeper David Seaman with a second-half free-kick.
He also has international honours, winning six caps for Argentina, before going on to represent Italy in the 1999 World Cup and 2002 Six Nations.
Former Chelsea coach Scolari is one of the most popular figures in Brazil, after leading the Selecao in their last successful World Cup in 2002.
Under Camacho Spain failed to break through the quarter-final barrier and lost to France at Euro 2000 and South Korea at the World Cup Finals 2002.
Scolari guided Brazil to the World Cup in 2002, but since joining Chelsea the club have dropped 16 points at home this season and one banner unfurled by fans called for the Brazilian's sacking.
The former Italian national coach must feel on a personal level that he still has some unfinished business of his own on the world stage, after the Azzurri were controversially knocked out of the World Cup in 2002 by co-hosts South Korea, after seeing a late goal dubiously disallowed.
Meanwhile Jomo Sono, who has coached the team on an ad hoc basis at the 1998 Nations Cup and the 2002 World Cup has made himself available for the job on a full time basis.
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Burkina Faso prepared for the 1998 Nations Cup there while Senegal got ready for the 2002 World Cup in Marseille too.
France's defence of their World Cup crown in 2002 ended in disaster as Roger Lemerre's side failed to qualify from the group stages.
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The man charged with harnessing Neymar's talent is coach Luis Felipe Scolari -- the mastermind behind Brazil's last march to World Cup glory in 2002.
Gilberto, a World Cup winner in 2002, was a member of the "invincible" Arsenal side that won the 2004 Premier League title after going unbeaten through the entire campaign.
Collina insisted he was not disappointed - despite missing out on the chance to referee the "clean sweep" of the Olympic final (1996), Champions League final (1999), World Cup final (2002) and European Championships final.
South Korea and Japan shared the 2002 World Cup and Germany was the host in 2006.
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The team has reached only one World Cup final, in 2002, when it scored zero goals in three games.
The team was struggling to reach the 2002 World Cup with just five matches of the qualification competition remaining.
The 2002 World Cup is being played in Asia for the first time.
That is what they badly need, for example, for the success of their co-sponsorship of the 2002 World Cup.
When Ronaldinho's free-kick for Brazil helped knock England out of the 2002 World Cup, I saw how it affected David Seaman.
It was only after the 2002 World Cup that he joined PSV Eindhoven and proceeded to join Manchester United in 2005.
"Kaka is a strange player because of what he does both on and off the field, " the 2002 World Cup winner said.
But he resigned in 2001 when they failed to qualify for the final of the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
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Lauren has not played for Cameroon since the 2002 World Cup finals, spurning several coaches and official overtures in the five years since.
He became an expert on policing football hooligans and worked at international tournaments including the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
And then, in 2001, came the astonishing defeat of the national team by tiny Bahrain, which dashed Iran's hopes for the 2002 World Cup.
Bonfrere said he was also looking forward to the qualifying matches for the 2002 World Cup tournament, which will be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea.
The 60-year-old Scolari, who won the 2002 World Cup with Brazil, took charge at Stamford Bridge last July after leading Portugal at the Euro 2008 finals.
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