Argentina's
football chiefs have been fined £19,500 by FIFA after their players
posed with a political banner laying claim to the Falkland Islands
The message was displayed in support of
an on-going campaign to claim sovereignty of the islands, a British
Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean.
The
players stood behind the slogan ‘Las Malvinas son Argentinas’ (the
Falklands are Argentinian) at a June 7 friendly against Slovenia in
Buenos Aires
FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings against the AFA last month following the controversial incident
A
statement from FIFA said the AFA had been fined and issued with a
reprimand after it was deemed to be in breach of Article 60 of the FIFA
stadium safety and security regulations ('political action') and Article
52 of the FIFA disciplinary code ('team misconduct').
The AFA was notified of the terms of FIFA's decision on Friday July 25,2014
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