TFF, Yanga SC and Simba SC mourn late Tanzania President Pombe Magufuli goal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from goal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Asked to explain why he took the decision to quit the race, which had attracted Amaju Pinnick of Nigeria, Malawi’s Walter Nyamilandou, Tanzania’s Wallace Karia, and Andrew Kamanga of Zambia, Mwendwa said: “Many factors.”
When pressed further to explain the factors, Mwendwa said he was inside the congress and was not in a position to give more details.
His decision to quit the race came hours after Tanzania’s Karia also threw in the towel from contesting in the same post.
Karia confirmed through a statement obtained by
Goal which read: Tanzania Football Federation President [Wallace] Karia has withdrawn from the African Anglophone Fifa Council representative race.
After wider consultation with federation presidents from the Cecafa region, where he is the president, Karia has decided to quit the race in order to put more energy and focus on TFF and Cecafa. After supporting Patrice Motsepe of South Africa in the presidential race, there is only one position at Fifa Council for the Anglophone nations remaining.
Mathurin de Chacus of Benin and Mali s Mamadou Toure will fight for the Francophone slot while Hany Abo Rida of Egypt, Morocco s Fouzi Lekjaa and Khreddine Zetchi of Algeria will face off in the race for the Spanish/Arabic/ Portuguese slot.
The elections will be conducted on March 13 in Morocco, where Mamelodi Sundowns owner and South African business tiger Patrice Motsepe is expected to be coronated as the new Caf supremo as he is the only remaining presidential candidate standing.
Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns Caf Champions League match venues announced goal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from goal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.