FIFA seeks neutral venue for CAF qualifier

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ZURICH, Switzerland (AP)—FIFA is searching for a neutral venue to stage two World Cup qualifiers between warring neighbors Sudan and Chad.

Soccer’s governing body has told the two countries to play their African Group 10 games in the same city on Sept. 6 and 10.

“The city where the matches will be held will be communicated at a later date,” FIFA said in a statement Wednesday.

The World Cup organizing committee postponed a May 31 game scheduled to be played in Omdurman, near Sudan’s capital Khartoum, after diplomatic relations were broken off between the countries. Their border runs along the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur.

Matches also are used in qualifying for the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola. The African confederation threw Chad out of the tournament for failing to travel for the game.

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