FIFA supports case of detained Bahraini soccer player

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA says it wants a soccer player who has refugee status in Australia to return to the country “at the earliest possible moment” rather than be extradited from Thailand to Bahrain.
Former Bahrain international Hakeem Al-Araibi was detained at Bangkok airport last week. An Interpol warrant for his arrest was issued in apparent violation of rules protecting refugees.
World soccer’s ruling body FIFA says it now expects his case “to be solved in accordanc