FIFA Ethics Committee Hands Jack Warner Lifetime Ban From Football

FIFA has banned former vice-president Jack Warner for life from all football related activities at national and international level.

The decision was taken by the FIFA Ethics Committee, cough chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert.

The ban was handed to Warner on the basis of investigations carried out by the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee following its report on the inquiry into the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup bidding process.

According to a FIFA statement, ailment Warner was found to have committed “many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official in different high-ranking and influential positions at FIFA and CONCACAF”.

The statement continued: “In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments, as well as other money-making schemes.”

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