three WorldCup qualifyingmatchforfeits. nation’s football association,leadingto sports lawconstitutedinterference inthe after soccer’sgoverningbodysaid adraft (KFA) wassuspendedbyFIFAin October - itisoneofourmajortasks.”The Kuwait FA associations fromgovernmentinterference the otherhand,weneedtoprotect our pend twoassociations,”saidInfantino.“On and havetoproposeyouthatwesus- resolved swiftly.“I’mverysadtobehere involving KuwaitandBeninwouldbe to belifted,buttheirpleafailed. eled toMexicoCityhadcalledfortheban Representatives ofKuwaiticlubswhotrav- ference intheirfootballassociations. and Beninoverallegedgovernmentinter- firmed theexistingsuspensionsforKuwait terday. However,theFIFACongresscon- president GianniInfantinoannouncedyes- ation hasendedafteralmostayear,FIFA interference inthecountry’sfootballfeder- from internationalfootballforgovernment MEXICO CITY: around Kuwait in crackdowns Scores arrested FIFA confirmsKuwaitban guished bilateralrelations.—AP Ahmad Al-JaberAl-Sabahtotheemperor,enclosinganinvitationvisitKuwait.Theletteralsodiscusseddistin- Imperial Palaceyesterday.Duringthereception,SheikhJaberhandedaletterfromHHAmirSabahAl- TOKYO: Japan’sEmperorAkihitomeetsKuwait’sPrimeMinisterHHSheikhJaberAl-MubarakAl-Sabahatthe Infantino howeversaidthatthecases 4

Indonesia’s suspension 150 Fils AUDY A 4 06 SABN7 47A No: SATURDAY, 1437 AH MAY SHAABAN7, 14,2016 Badreddine sentencedtodeath,jailedinKuwait’80s military chiefinSyria Blast killsHezbollah process thatled tooursuspensionwas politics played aroleintheban.“The 34 yearsago,saidpersonalagendas and who wasalsoontheWorldCup side from of footballinourcountry.” in MexicoCitythisweek,todefend thefuture have thesuspensionlifted.Thisiswhy weare this isthatourFAnotdoinganythingto year now.Themostfrustratingpartinallof blocked fromanyactivityformorethanhalfa development systemhavebeencompletely all leagues,playersfromlevelsandthe football issuffering,”Houthisaid.“Clubsfrom 1982 WorldCupinSpain. tain oftheKuwaitteamthatreached are veryoptimistic,”saidSaadAl-Houthi,cap- lot ofsupportfromtheFIFAfamilyandwe yesterday’s vote.“Sofar,wehavereceiveda sion hadbeenconfidentofvictoryahead ing fortheFIFACongresstoliftsuspen- banned thecountryforsamereasons. The InternationalOlympicCommitteealso Abdullah Al-Maayouf,anMPmember “It’s timetoletourplayersplay.Kuwait The delegationfromKuwaiticlubslobby- work incrisis govt getsto Brazil interim 7 be reinstated.”— Agencies dance withtheFIFA statutessotheKFAcan hope nowthelawwillbeamended inaccor- who causedthesuspension,”he said.“We the suspension.“Itwasnotanindividual the newlawsaffectingKFA prompted among thoselawmakerswhosesupport for Qadsiya sportsclub,saidMaayouf was personal politicalagendas.” for thesuspensioninordertodrivetheir tional sportleadersfromKuwaitpushed pended Kuwait.Webelievetheseinterna- ence, suchasFIFAandtheIOC,havesus- people fromKuwaithavealotofinflu- only sportsorganizationswherecertain is behindoursuspensioninFIFAbecause sign thebanwaswronglyimposed. letics orbadmintongoverningbodiesasa ed nosuspensionsforKuwait’scycling,ath- before thesuspensionwasimposed.”Hecit- proper legalinvestigationwasmadebyFIFA FIFA administration,”Maayoufsaid.“No unclear, unfairandnotworthyofthenew Hasan AbuAl-Hasan,secretarygeneralof “This makesusbelievesomethingelse blamed onIsrael.—Agencies killed inaDec2015airstrikenear Damascuswhichthegroup comes monthsafteranotherHezbollah figure,SamirKantar,was the Americansortakfiris(extremists),” itsaid.Badreddine’sdeath “The enemiesofourgreatmartyrs areknown,theZionists(Israel), Hezbollah’s Al-ManarTVlistedIsrael amongthegroup’senemies. media underlinedHezbollah’s failuretoapportionblame. against Israel.ItmadenosuchthreatsafterBadreddine’sdeath. ing thatdrewimmediatethreatsbyHezbollahofheavyretaliation cousin andbrother-in-law,waskilledinDamascusa2008bomb- death asa“martyr”.Badreddine’spredecessor,ImadMughniya,his Badreddine, orthrewhandfulsofriceandflowerstocelebratehis carried byuniformedyoungmen.Mournersportraitsof streets asBadreddine’scoffindrapedinHezbollah’syellowflag was in thesouthernsuburbsofBeirut.Ahugecrowdthronged what itseffectwouldbe. said “it’ssimplytoosoontotell”whowasbehindtheattackand out thestrike,butUnitedStateswasnotinvolved.Healso spokesman ColonelSteveWarrensaiditwasunclearwhocarried dred percentsure”,headded.Baghdad-basedUSmilitary how ithappened,“butweneedsomemoretimetobeonehun- what causedtheblastandwhowasbehindit,”Qassemsaid. later thanSaturdaymorning,wewillgiveadetailedaccountabout you howeverthatwithinhours,no ipate theinvestigation”.“Iassure possibilities, wedon’twanttoantic- way, but“becausetherearemany airport. Hesaidaprobewasunder Hezbollah positionnearDamascus killed ina“hugeblast”at mourners atthefuneralhewas mand SheikhNaimQassemtold for hisdeath.Butsecond-in-com- many enemiesitheldresponsible not saywhichofBadreddine’s Kuwait Airwaysflightin1988. 1985, andofthehijackersa by thehijackersofaTWAflightin in 1990.HisreleasefromjailKuwaitwasoneofthedemandsmade Iraq, undertheleadershipofSaddamHussein,invadedcountry bomb attackstherein1983.HeescapedfromprisonKuwaitafter premier RafiqHaririandwasoneofthe“mostwanted”byIsrael. was akeysuspectinthe2005assassinationBeirutofLebaneseex- Hezbollah’s militarywing.HewasonaUSterrorsanctionsblacklist, the brinkofcollapse.Badreddine,inhismid-50s,wasakeyplayer start ofthefive-yearwar,cameasafragiletruceinSyriateeteredon vention insupportofPresidentBasharAl-Assad’sregimesincethe in theSyriancapital2008. Israel asitdidwhenthecommander’spredecessorwasassassinated near Damascusairportbutdidnotimmediatelypointthefingerat regime. Hezbollahsaiditwasinvestigatingthecauseofblast group hasdeployedthousandsoffightersbackingtheDamascus tary commanderhadbeenkilledinanattackSyria,wherethe BEIRUT: from PSG departure Ibra announces 45 Israel madenocomment,aswasalsothecasein2008,butIsraeli Qassem spokeatBadreddine’sfuneralinHezbollah’sstronghold Hezbollah has“clearindication”onwhowasresponsibleand The Iran-backedHezbollahdid Badreddine wasalsosentencedtodeathinKuwaitforhisrole The deathofMustafaBadreddine,whohadledHezbollah’sinter- Lebanon’s Hezbollahannouncedyesterdaythatitstopmili- 16873 Mustafa Badreddine Max Min 41º 28º