THE International football Federation, better known as FIFA, has just banned four African officials from involvement in football for breaches of trust.

四名非洲足球官员因涉嫌违规，被国际足球联合会，即众所周知的FIFA禁止参与与足球有关的工作。

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This may be out of tune with the stated drive by the International Football Federation (FIFA) for "sustainability".

可是这似乎与国际足联承诺推动“可持续性”丝毫不搭调。

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FIFA,the international football federation, says the United States has twenty-four million soccer players-second in the world.

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Mr Warner, a former vice-president of the international football federation Fifa, denies any wrongdoing.

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Fifa also banned Guinea from the international stage in 2001 when the government dissolved the country's football federation.

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