Togo federation starts investigation of fame team

Togo's Football Federation launched an investigation today into how a fake team came to represent the country in a game against Bahrain last week.



Federation spokesman Richard Solitoko says a number of officials, including the former secretary general of the federation whose signature appears on correspondence with Bahrain football authorities, have been summoned for questioning.



Kodzo Samlan denies writing the letter that accepts Bahrain's invitation to play the September 7 international, and has called it a forged document.



Samlan says he quit the interim football federation as its secretary general in May this year so he could not have written that letter.



Following a lengthy meeting between federation members and sports minister Christophe Tchao yesterday, the Togo federation promised to uncover who was responsible for taking the group of little-known players to Bahrain by today.



It assured the Togolese people and all football fans that its disciplinary committee would carry out a full investigation.



Tchao also promised to unravel the mystery of how the fake team managed to leave Togo without government clearance, which is required for all Togo national sports teams.