African Integrity Magazine – Africa’s Hayatou to Head Fifa

Africa’s Hayatou to Head Fifa

Jan 18, 2016 Samuel Sports 0

For the first time in its over one hundred year history, an African will head the governing body of the most popular and most powerful sports body on planet earth, The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA).

This follows the suspension of Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini who have both been provisionally banned for 90 days from any football-related activity in a ruling that throws world football into total meltdown. FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke has also been banned for 90 days meaning the three most powerful men in world of football are now all provisionally suspended while investigations by FIFA’s ethics committee continue. The ban will effectively end outgoing FIFA president Blatter’s ambitions to stay on until February, while UEFA president Platini’s hopes of succeeding him lie in tatters.

Platini had been the favourite to succeed 79-year-old Blatter but the ban prevents all three men from being involved in any football-related activity for the next three months while investigations continue. The 90-day suspensions can also be extended by a further 45 days, taking it up until just six days before the FIFA presidential election is due on February 26.

The ethics committee also announced that another FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon from Korea has been banned for six years and fined 100,000 Swiss francs for breaking rules during the 2022 World Cup bid campaign.