Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini suspended by Fifa from all football for 90 days

Fifa President Sepp Blatter, Secretary General Jerome Valcke and Uefa President Michel Platini have all been suspended from football by Fifa’s Ethics Committee.
German Judge Hans Joachim Eckert, who chairs Fifa’s adjudicatory chamber took the decision to ban all three men, in the wake of allegations made against them by a Swiss police investigation into corruption at Fifa.
He also banned Dr Chung Mong-Joon, a South Korean businessman and Fifa Presidential
hopeful, for a period of six years, and fined him 100,000 Swiss Francs (£72,000), finding him to have behaved improperly in the bidding process for the 2022 World Cup.
The news came just minutes after Michel Platini announced he had submitted his required five nominations from Fifa nations to run in February’s Presidential election.
The 90 day bans contain the provision to be extended by 45 days, which would cover the period until three days before the election takes place.
The judgment makes it impossible for Dr Chung to stand for election, and will likely mean the same for Mr Platini.
The outgoing President faces accusations from Swiss police of signing a television rights contract “unfavourable” to the organisation with the disgraced former head of Caribbean football Jack Warner, who made millions of dollars in personal profit from the deal. He is also accused of making a £1.35m payment to Uefa President Michel Platini, which Swiss investigators have described as “disloyal” to Fifa.
If normal procedures are followed, Fifa’s most Senior Vice President, the Cameroonian Issa Hayatou will be installed as acting President. He has previously been the subject of allegations over ticketing and marketing rights scandals.
Sepp Blatter had declared he would carry on as Fifa President until February 26th, when an extraordinary election takes place, despite calls for his immediate resignation last week from four of Fifa’s top sponsors, Coca-Cola, Visa, McDonald’s and Budweiser.