FIFA bans Sepp Blatter for 6 more years for violating code of ethics

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been handed a further six years and eight months ban from the game. Blatter's current ban from the game was due to expire in October but the latest ban, for ethics code violations, will take effect from that point.

FIFA has handed Sepp Blatter a new ban of six years and eight months from football and fined him a million Swiss francs ($1.07 million) by the body's Ethics Committee. The ban has been imposed for multiple breaches of FIFA's ethics code and comes into force when a current suspension ends in October, FIFA said. The same length of the suspension has been imposed on the organization’s former secretary-general Jérôme Valcke. Both men have been fined 1m Swiss francs (almost £780,000), Fifa said. "The investigations into Messrs Blatter and Valcke covered various charges, in particular concerning bonus payments in relation to FIFA competitions that were paid to top FIFA management officials, various amendments and extensions of employment contracts, as well as reimbursement by FIFA of private legal costs in the case of Mr. Valcke," FIFA said in a statement.