Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter hit with new six-year ban over ethics breaches

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Disgraced former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has been handed a new long-term ban from football activity. 

The Swiss is currently serving an existing ban, which is due to end in October, but football’s global governing body has announced that a new suspension of a further six years and eight months will then come into effect. 

The same length of suspension has also been imposed on the organisation’s former secretary general Jerome Valcke.

A statement from 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.”

The adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s ethics committee found Blatter, 85, in breach of rules concerning duty of loyalty, conflicts of interest and offering or accepting gifts or other benefits.

Valcke was found to have breached those same ethics code articles, plus abuse of position.

Additional reporting by PA.

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