ZURICH (AP)—FIFA has hailed progress with Bosnia-Herzegovina to help end the country’s worldwide ban from football in a dispute over ethnic politics, and resume its 2012 European Championship qualifying program.
FIFA and UEFA expressed confidence after a meeting with Bosnia’s emergency football management Thursday that the federation will approve new statutes by a May 26 deadline.
FIFA suspended Bosnia last month when it refused to scrap its presidential leadership divided among Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs.
The three-way split mirrors Bosnian politics since war there ended in 1995.
FIFA wants a single football leader elected by November.
If new statutes are approved this month, Bosnia will likely be allowed to play in Romania on June 3.
FIFA and UEFA expressed confidence after a meeting with Bosnia’s emergency football management Thursday that the federation will approve new statutes by a May 26 deadline.
FIFA suspended Bosnia last month when it refused to scrap its presidential leadership divided among Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs.
The three-way split mirrors Bosnian politics since war there ended in 1995.
FIFA wants a single football leader elected by November.
If new statutes are approved this month, Bosnia will likely be allowed to play in Romania on June 3.
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