The Somali Football Federation has dismissed the false reports circulated on the international media for the past several days which said that SFF president called on Al-Shabab to join its competitions.

In a press statement issued at the Somalia FA headquarters in Mogadishu on Thursday, the SFF said that the BBC journalist who interviewed the president used irrelevant title for his story.

"Anyone who has read the BBC story can understand that something was wrong with that story, because the title they used for the story was completely not in line with the rest of the story. The president didn’t call on Al Shabab to join the Somalia league” the statement said.

"No one is called to football but those who want play it. Football has nothing to do with politics. It is really very shameful experience that international media are going to mess something up” the Somali FA press statement carried.

However, the Somali Football Federation called on the international media to be truthful and not try to grab the attention of their audience with wrongful stories.

Somali Football Federation Media Department

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