Dylan Bettencourt
Kungenzeka ukuthi iBafana Bafana ayizange ingene kwi-Fifa World Cup e-Qatar, kodwa iNingizimu Afrika isazomelwa kulo mcimbi wezemidlalo.
Isikhulu se-South African Football Association (i-Safa) uThulani Ngwenya uqokwe njengomphathi we-doping control (i-DCO) eNdebeni yoMhlaba.
UNgwenya usephenduke ungoti ohlonishwayo emkhakheni wezokwelapha ezemidlalo kanti ukuqokwa kulo mqhudelwano kubahlabe umxhwele abaphathi bakhe.
“Siyaziqhenya ngokukhula kwegalelo likaDkt Ngwenya ngesikhathi se-Covid nangesikhathi se-Confederation of African Football Games,” kusho isikhulu esiphezulu se-Safa uTebogo Motlanthe esitatimendeni.
“Asingabazi ukuthi uzomela izwe ngamalengiso e-Qatar.”
UNgwenya uthe uhloniphekile ngokuba ingxenye yekomidi lezempilo le-Fifa njengomphathi we-doping.
“Ngithole i-email evela kwi-Fifa ithi ingathanda kuia nengxoxo nami ukuze bazi ukuthi ngenzani njengodokotela,” lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-38 etshela i-Sport24.
“Kungakapheli nesonto ngithole i-imeyili eqinisekisa iqhaza engizolibamba e-Qatar. Kuhle kakhulu engiqokelwe khona.”
UNgwenya ongudokotela wezemidlalo uphokophele ukuthola iziqu ze-PhD kwi-Sports Medicine ukuze engeze ezifundweni zakhe ezinhlanu.
“Nginesifiso sokuvelela ngingowesilisa ohlale efuna ukwenza umehluko nokufuna ukwazi okwengeziwe kanti kuyangisiza ukuthi ngiqonde ukuguquguquka kwezemidlalo,” kusho lo mdlali.
“Njengoba ngiseNingizimu Afrika kubalulekile ukuthi ngiqhubeke nokuzihlomisa ngiziqeqeshe futhi ngizithuthukise ukuze ngikwazi ukudlulela ezintweni engingase ngibhekane nazo.”
UNgwenya uzohambela izinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi ezimbili ze-Fifa endaweni yebhodi elingamele e-Switzerland ukulungiselela iNdebe yoMhlaba ngoLwezi.
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