Cameroon kit dispute over

ZURICH – World soccer’s governing body FIFA and German sports goods maker Puma have settled their long-running dispute over Cameroon’s one-piece playing kit.

Fifa said in a statement yesterday that the two parties had agreed not to disclose the terms of the settlement, but had reached an out-of-court agreement “in the interests of international football.” The dispute centred on a one-piece kit that Cameroon wore in the 2004 African Nations Cup.Cameroon wore the strip, in their traditional colours of green and red, in three group matches and a quarter-final, but FIFA fined the country’s football association 200 000 Swiss francs (US$154 000) and docked them six World Cup qualifying points.Puma maintained that there were no rules against wearing a one-piece kit in the rules of the game relating to equipment regulations.Fifa maintained that Law 4 stated that basic equipment comprised a jersey or shirt and a pair of shorts, so the one-piece kit contravened the regulations.- Nampa-ReutersThe dispute centred on a one-piece kit that Cameroon wore in the 2004 African Nations Cup.Cameroon wore the strip, in their traditional colours of green and red, in three group matches and a quarter-final, but FIFA fined the country’s football association 200 000 Swiss francs (US$154 000) and docked them six World Cup qualifying points.Puma maintained that there were no rules against wearing a one-piece kit in the rules of the game relating to equipment regulations.Fifa maintained that Law 4 stated that basic equipment comprised a jersey or shirt and a pair of shorts, so the one-piece kit contravened the regulations.- Nampa-Reuters