(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The Public Authority for Sports and Youth (PAYS) has held the Kuwait Football Association (KFA) and its chairman Talal Al-Fahad responsible for the FIFA's decision to suspend Kuwaiti sports activities with immediate effect.
The PAYS said in a statement that the KFA and its chairman should live up to their due national role in defending Kuwait's sports reputation by means of taking legal action in order to make the FIFA change its mind.
It also criticized Kuwaiti executive officials at the FIFA for having failed to do something to withhold this decision, reminding them that they had only assumed their executive posts through the State's support.
It further urged Kuwaiti sports clubs to shoulder the task of defending Kuwaiti athletes' rights by taking a clear-cut attitude towards both KFA and FIFA.
Furthermore, the PAYS lashed out at the FIFA's decision as being "totally unfair and arbitrary", lamenting that it came at a time when talks were still being held by the Kuwaiti delegation, led by Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over the Kuwaiti sports situation.
However, the PAYS vowed that it would spare no effort to take appropriate moves in order to keep local sports activities going on, and to address any attempt to undermine Kuwait's sports reputation.
The FIFA earlier on Friday suspended Kuwait Football Association (KFA) with immediate effect, banning any team from Kuwait to take part in any international event.
On September 25th, the FIFA warned the Kuwaiti Football Association that it would slap a ban on the country's participation in international soccer events as of October 15, unless Kuwait amended the local sports laws and rendered them compatible with international regulations.
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