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West Ham United Fined By FIFA After Fielding Senegal’s Sakho

West Ham United Fined By FIFA After Fielding Senegal’s Sakho

From CAFOnline

West Ham United were fined 100,000 Swiss francs ($108,100, 94,600 euros, £71,0000) by FIFA on Wednesday after playing Senegal striker Diafra Sakho in an FA Cup match despite his withdrawal from the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Equatorial Guinea 2015.

Sakho was called up to Senegal’s AFCON squad in December but pulled out before the tournament began on January 17 due to a back injury.

However, since then he turned out for the Hammers in an FA Cup fourth round match on January 25 — scoring the winner in a 1-0 success over Bristol City.

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