Fifa
cancel Liberia game
Flashback( Taylor meeting team before South Africa game at SKD)
June 12, 2003
By Michael Oti Adjei
BBC Sport, Accra
World football governing body Fifa has postponed Saturday's Olympic
qualifier between Liberia and Ghana in Monrovia.
A new date for the tie is yet to be fixed.
Fifa took the decision after the Ghana Football Association raised
concerns about the security situation in Liberia.
There was heavy fighting around Monrovia since the beginning of this
week.
The Ghana government has sent aircraft and ships to evacuate Ghanaians
resident in Monrovia.
It is the second time within a year that Liberia are billed to play
Ghana at Under-23 level.
Ghana qualified for October's All-African Games football tournament,
after Liberia pulled out of the final qualifying leg as a result of
financial problems.
Africa's first Olympic football medal winners - winning bronze at
Barcelona '92 - Ghana hope to re-emerge at the Athens games after
missing the 2000 edition in Sydney.
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