Fifa lifts suspension of Kuwait after new law

kuwait city — World football governing body Fifa announced on Wednesday it was lifting its suspension of Kuwait, after the Gulf state’s parliament adopted a law meant to end government interference in the sport.

“The suspension of the Kuwait football association is lifted,” Fifa’s president Gianni Infantino announced alongside a Kuwaiti official in a short video shared widely on Twitter.

World sports bodies, led by Fifa and the International Olympic Committee, suspended Kuwait in October 2015 for the second time since 2010 over alleged government meddling in sports. —