Last month, FIFA banned Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad, for five years after ruling that he had breached various codes of ethics. Reasons for the FIFA Vice-President’s sanction and why a second FIFA investigation is already under way have come to light.
Just minutes after being re-elected FIFA president for a second term in Paris in June 2019, Gianni Infantino made a triumphant declaration before the world’s assembled football leaders.
“Nobody talks about crisis at FIFA any more,” he said, referring to how FIFA’s corruption scan-dal had dominated when he took charge in 2016.
“Nobody talks about scandals or corruption. We talk about football [FIFA] is now synonymous with transparency and integrity.”
Mysterious money moves and an unholy mess: Why Fifa banned Caf president Ahmad
By Piers EdwardsBBC Sport Africa
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10 December 202010 December 2020.From the section Sport Africa
Caf president Ahmad, a Fifa vice-president, is appealing the five-year ban handed to him by the global body last month
Last month, Fifa banned Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Ahmad for five years after ruling that he had breached various codes of ethics. BBC Sport Africa - which broke the news of Ahmad s impending ban in October - details the reasons for the Fifa vice-president s sanction and why a second Fifa investigation is already under way: