JOHANNESBURG Ha Ha Clinton-Dix Packers Jersey , Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- South African soccer team captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead late Sunday near Johannesburg, local police spokesman said Sunday.
Lieutenant-General Solomon Makgale said Meyiwa, 27, was gunned down at a house in Vosloorus Randall Cobb Packers Jersey , a township about 30 kilometers south of the city, and declared dead on admission to hospital.
"We can confirm that Bucs (Pirates) goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa has been shot and sadly declared dead on arrival at hospital," the South African Police Service (SAPS) said on its Twitter feed.
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Soccer's governing body FIFA said Monday it was in ""regular contact"" with the organizing committee of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, though it did not comment directly on the diplomatic situation involving the Gulf State.
Saudi Arabia Mike Daniels Packers Jersey , Egypt, the UAE and others severed ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of supporting terrorism and opening up the worst rift in years among some of the most powerful states in the Arab world.
FIFA said in an e-mailed statement that it was ""in regular contact with the Qatar 2022 Local Organizing Committee and the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy handling matters relating to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.""
Qatar's local World Cup organizing committee and the Asian Football Confederation, which organizes international matches in the region Clay Matthews Packers Jersey , both declined to comment.
Qatar's national soccer team are still involved in the -qualifying competition for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and are bottom of their group
with four points from seven games, with -matches against South Korea, Syria and China still to play.
There is a very remote chance they could still finish third in the group and qualify for a playoff match against the team finishing third in the -other Asian qualifying group, with both Saudi Arabia and the UAE among potential opponents.
The 2022 World Cup is the centerpiece of a carefully -crafted strategy to project Qatar onto the global stage via sport. The diplomatic row could impact its preparations.
In the lead-up to the tournament Aaron Rodgers Packers Jersey , the country is scheduled to host multiple events across many different sports, aimed at improving infrastructure and expertise.
This year it is organizing 72 events, 39 of which will be international competitions.
Qatar has already hosted the 10th Artistic Gymnastics World Cup and an IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting and a FINA Swimming World Cup is scheduled for September.
Top-level modern pentathlon, sailing Marquez Valdes-Scantling Packers Jersey , squash and show jumping are also scheduled for later in the year when temperatures cool.