FIFA Suspends Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini & Jerome Valcke for 90 Days Thursday Oct 08,2015

 

FIFA has provisionally suspended its president Sepp Blatter, secretary general Jerome Valcke and vice-president Michel Platini for 90 days

 

                                     Michel Platini, Sepp Blatter and Jérôme Valcke

The punishments were handed out by the ethics committee of football's world governing body, which is investigating the three over corruption allegations.

Issa Hayatou, who heads Africa's football confederation (Caf), will act as Fifa president during Blatter's ban

Sepp Blatter’s controversial 17-year reign as the FIFA President appears all but over after its ethics committee provisionally banned him for 90 days ahead of the election to decide his successor in February.

The Uefa president, Michel Platini , who was the favourite to succeed his mentor-turned-rival until he too become embroiled in corruption allegations, has been handed an identical sanction, dealing a huge blow to his presidential ambitions

In addition, the Fifa secretary general Jérôme Valcke, who has already been put on leave over allegations concerning the sale of World Cup tickets, has now been provisionally banned for 90 days

FIFA said in a statement: “The duration of the bans may be extended for an additional period not exceeding 45 days.”