ZURICH: FIFA’s ethics watchdog on Thursday suspended world body president Sepp Blatter and UEFA leader Michel Platini for 90 days after they were named in a Swiss corruption case.
The independent ethics committee also banned South Korean tycoon, Chung Mong-Joon, like Platini a candidate for the FIFA presidency for six years.
FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke, already ordered to leave by FIFA over a separate ticketing scandal, was suspended for 90 days. -AFP