Kenya has won the WC final round because its football organization is in crisis

Kenya won their last World Cup qualifier on Monday to give their national football federation a moment to ease the crisis.

Michael Olunga volleyed Kenya in the third minute on the way to a 2-1 win over Rwanda. Richard Odada scored the second from the penalty spot, and Kenya were 2-0 up in 15 minutes in Nairobi.

Olivier Niyonzima found a free kick with a side volley for Rwanda’s goal, scoring only his second goal in six games in the group stage playoffs.

The results meant little to both teams as they were already out of the World Cup competition to be played in Qatar next year. Malik won Group E in March to advance to the final rounds of the African World Cup.

A few hours before Kenya-Rwanda qualified and away in Nairobi, Kenyan Football Federation president Nick Mwendwa appeared before the court, arrested on charges of corruption and questioned how police spent more than $ 6 million provided by the federation. that’s the government.

England have confirmed their place in the 2022 World Cup by winning 10 goals in San Marino

Prosecutors want Mwendwa to be detained for 14 days for further interrogation, and also to allow police to collect documents. Mwendwa was assured on Wednesday that before another court appearance, the judge will decide whether to re-enter the jail for questioning.

He was arrested at a hotel in Mwendwa on Friday while visiting the national team, and the government disbanded the national federation and replaced its management with a temporary committee and a day later. Kenya’s sports minister said authorities should investigate the federation for corruption.

The dissolution of the federation threatens to ban Kenya from international football. FIFA does not allow governments to intervene in the management of football federations and has called on the Kenyan authorities to reinstate Mwendwa and other officials. That seems difficult now, as Mwendwa’s bond terms prevent him from contacting federation employees or entering his offices.

Kenya-Rwanda was one of four qualifiers for Africa on Monday, and none of them had any effect on whether they will go to the decisive knockout stages of the 10 teams. In the remaining matches, Togo won 1-0 in Namibia, Niger beat Djibouti 7-2, and Guinea-Bissau drew 0-0 with Sudan. All of these teams were already out.

Gareth Southgat has vowed that England will not close its eyes to the Qatari controversy

Mali, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal, Morocco and Congo have qualified for the playoffs by winning their sets. The African champions Algeria, Tunisia and Nigeria are set to join them in the final round of group matches on Tuesday. West African rivals Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroon will be in a match to eliminate their group winners.

The five winners of the March playoffs will qualify for the World Cup.

South Africa said on Monday it would file a formal complaint and appeal to both the African Football Confederation and FIFA after losing 1-0 to Ghana on Sunday.

His victory in Ghana earned him a place in the Group G play-offs at the expense of South Africa. The match and perhaps the place in the World Cup were decided through a penalty that was hotly debated by South Africans, as Senegalese referee Maguette N’Diaye also denounced other decisions that went against them.

Tebogo Motlanthe, director general of the South African Football Association, has said he will ask CAF and FIFA to investigate the “behavior” of N’Diaye and the rest of the match.