Togo's Treatment Reveals Holes in FIFA's Armour

The black eye on the African Cup of Nations appeared to get worse.

CAF (African soccer confederation) president Issa Hayatou has announced that Togo is to be fined $50,000 and banned from the next two editions of the tournament for dropping out of the African Cup of Nations.

This is a travesty of all-time, punishing a tiny nation with apparently no political clout among the world's governing body of football.

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