Tag: FIFA's Ethics Committee

• Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 06:54 UTC

  Ex president of Brazilian football federation banned for life by FIFA

  

  World football's governing body Fifa on Monday issued a lifetime ban on José Maria Marin, the former president of the Brazil federation. The 86-year-old was jailed for four years last August in New York after being found guilty of corruption.

• Wednesday, November 22nd 2017 - 20:24 UTC

  Three former football officials are banned for life by FIFA’s Ethics Committee

  

  Julio Rocha, Rafael Esquivel and Richard Lai had all pleaded guilty to bribery and corruption charges brought by the United States Department of Justice in its massive international criminal probe into FIFA.

• Sunday, November 29th 2015 - 08:58 UTC

  FIFA ethics committee recovers 48 of 65 watches handed at Brazil's World Cup

  

  FIFA’s ethics committee has recovered 48 of 65 watches handed out to football officials last summer in a breach of the federation’s rules. Parmigiani watches worth $26,600 each were left in gift bags for the 28 FIFA ExCo members by the Brazilian football federation (CBF) during the World Cup.

• Monday, June 16th 2014 - 06:09 UTC

  Beckenbauer ready to answer questions from FIFA, in writing in German

  

  The former German soccer star Franz Beckenbauer said on Sunday he was ready to answer questions from FIFA about an investigation into World Cup bidding by June 27 and believed that should remove any justification for its 90-day ban on him.