File picture of Panama boss Manuel Arias© X (Twitter)
The Panamanian Football Federation stated Thursday FIFA had banned its boss Manuel Arias from performing his features for six months for calling a participant “fats.” Federation president Arias was sanctioned for utilizing “inappropriate language” about Marta Cox who performs for the Panama nationwide group and for Turkey’s Fenerbahce membership. Arias had referred to as the 27-year-old “fats” to reporters in March 2023 after the participant criticized ladies’s soccer in Panama, which has an newbie league the place most gamers don’t obtain a wage or have entry to correct stadiums or coaching amenities.
“She is off form, she’s fats, she could not transfer on the sphere,” Arias stated on the time.
Cox threatened to depart the nationwide group, prompting Arias to apologize.
He has described his selection of phrases as “very unlucky” and stated Thursday he accepted the sanction for a “severe error dedicated.”
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