Football / Members of the FAF Federation use leverage to drive out Chairman Hadadj.

The beleaguered chairman of the Algerian football Federation –FAF – Abdelhamid Hadadj is facing bitter recriminations and reprobations from other FAF members as a result of the upheaval touched off by the so – called “RC Kouba affair” which was brought by RC Kouba officials to the International sports tribunal for a final decision on the controversial issue.

• This world sporting tribunal has enjoined, after examining the RC Kouba appeal’s request, the FAF Federation to include forthwith the Kouba squad in the ongoing national first – division football competition.
• In case of a refusal to carry out the tribunal’s injunction, the FAF Federation could face a heavy fine estimated at about 10 billion centimes or one million Euros.
• Furthermore, the International sport tribunal could also take other types of sanctions, by notably banning the Algerian National Football team from the combined 2010 African and World Cup competitions.
•  So, Algeria’s next qualifier versus Senegal in Blida stadium, planned for September 5th 2008,  is now on a “tight rope” in case of a protracted showdown between the parties concerned.