FIFA FINES LIBERIA $6,700 OVER USE OF SUSPENDED PLAYER

Liberia were on Thursday sanctioned by FIFA for fielding a suspended
player during a World Cup qualifier, but the penalty had no impact as
they had already failed to earn a berth in Brazil.
Football's world governing said that Liberia were guilty of playing
goalkeeper Nathaniel Sherman in their match against Angola on
September 7.
Sherman should have been sidelined because he had picked up two
cautions in previous games, leading to an automatic one-match
suspension, FIFA said.
The decision to count the game as a 3-0 defeat for Liberia has no
impact on the standings in Group J of the African qualifiers, given
that Angola had won the match 4-1.
Neither teams had a chance of advancing to round three of the
qualifiers after Senegal finished four points clear of Uganda at the
top of the group.
FIFA also fined Liberia 6,000 Swiss francs (4,870 euros, $6,700).