Football's world governing body FIFA said
Friday it had banned the head of the Brazilian football federation, Marco Polo
Del Nero, for life following a graft probe. FIFA said in a statement that the
probe revealed that Del Nero had violated multiple articles of the body's
ethics code including those relating to bribery and corruption. "As a
consequence, Mr. Del Nero is banned for life from all football-related
activities (administrative, sports or any other) at both national and
international level," the statement said. "Additionally, a fine in
the amount of CHF (Swiss francs) 1 million (835,880 euros) has been imposed on
Mr. Del Nero." The sanction, handed down by the adjudicatory chamber of
FIFA's ethics watchdog, comes as the latest twist in FIFA's years-long probe
into graft following revelations of widespread corruption revealed in 2015.
The FIFA statement said the investigation into
Del Nero, which was opened in November 2015, referred to "schemes in which
he received bribes in exchange for his role in awarding contracts to companies
for the media and marketing rights to various football tournaments, including
the CONMEBOL (South America's football-governing body) Copa America, the
CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores and the CBF Copa do Brasil".
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