Fifa, the world's football leading body, has launched an inquiry into claims that Pyongyang punished the coach and players of the North Korean team following the side's dismal recital at the 2010 World Cup. Previous month, Radio Free Asia said so as to all members of the North Korea squad, separately from two foreign-based players, were subjected to "harsh ideological criticism" after they lost all three matches and approved the highest number of goals by a team at the rivalry. "We send a letter to the football federation to tell us about their election of a new president and to find out if the accusations made by the media that the coach and some players were fated and punished are true," said Sepp Blatter, the Fifa President.
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Group G: Brazil, Portugal, Ivory Coast, North Korea2010 FIFA World Cup: I feel sorry for soccer fans from North Korea. After miraculously qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2010, the world’s No. 105 ranked team was placed in Group G to face Brazil, Portugal, and Côte d’Ivoire.Group G is the clear Group of Death. Brazil and Portugal are FIFA’s No. 1 as well as No. 3 teams, and Côte d’Ivoire was undefeated in qualifying and North Korea’s sole purpose is to provide the Big Three with valuable goal differential.Brazil is the only country to appear in every World Cup, and it has won the tournament 5 times. Coach Carlos Dunga left strikers Ronaldinho and Adriano off the squad in an effort to shake up the team after a subpar 2006 tournament, however Brazil is still the only lock to advance.For more news visit:http://www.dailyiowan.com/2010/06/11/Sports/17455.html
Fifa, the world's football leading body, has launched an inquiry into claims that Pyongyang punished the coach and players of the North Korean team following the side's dismal recital at the 2010 World Cup. 
