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FIFA president Sepp Blatter suspended for 90 days

FIFA president Sepp Blatter is provisionally suspended from football activities for 90 days, along with UEFA president Michel Platini and FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been provisionally suspended from football for 90 days following an investigation by the organisation's ethics committee.

UEFA president Michel Platini and FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke have also been hit with 90-day bans, while former FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-joon has been banned for six years.

The committee held meetings this week after criminal proceedings were opened against Blatter over a £1.3m payment that he made to Platini in February 2011.

"The adjudicatory chamber of the ethics committee chaired by Hans‑Joachim Eckert has provisionally banned FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, UEFA President and FIFA vice-president Michel Platini, and FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke for a duration of 90 days," FIFA said in a statement.

"The duration of the bans may be extended for an additional period not exceeding 45 days. The former FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-joon has been banned for six years and fined 100,000 Swiss Francs (£71,000).

"During this time, the above individuals are banned from all football activities on a national and international level. The bans come into force immediately."

Blatter has stated that he will remain FIFA president until February 2016, although the 79-year-old's reign could effectively now be over with the ban.

Blatter, Platini and Valcke have the option to appeal their bans to FIFA's appeal committee.

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