Soccer: Fifa lifts El Salvador ban

Fifa lifted a ban on El Salvador's soccer authority yesterday and removed the threat that its three match officials would be taken out of the World Cup.

The world governing body acted this month after the El Salvador Government refused to recognise the authorities set up to run soccer in the Central American country. Fifa had threatened to extend it for a further year and the ruling would have affected the three-man refereeing team from El Salvador, which is due to officiate at the World Cup in South Africa.