FIFA can today confirm the worldwide extension of the ban imposed by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Disciplinary Committee on the General Secretary of the Timor-Leste Football Association, who was found guilty of using falsified documents in connection with the fielding of ineligible players by Timor-Leste.

DILI: Timor-Leste’sProsecutor General declined to comment on high-profile calls for an investigation into the judicial process that led to the seven-year prison sentence of former Finance Minister Emilia Pires, during an international corruption conference in Dili on Thursday.

DILI:The health of popular Bishop of the Maliana Diocese, Dom Norberto do Amaral, remains at risk with his medical evacuation to Singapore delayed for almost a week.

DILI: National Police Commissioner Faustino da Costa has earmarked 3800 police members to oversee the security of the up-coming state elections, amid concern over conflict between supporters of rival political parties.

DILI: A lead member of the Frente Mundanca party has called on the Fretilin Party to answer why families who lost their homes to make way for development under the Special Social Market Economic Zone (ZEESM) have not been compensated.