FIFA expels Chuck Blazer for life for bribery, corruption (Yahoo Sports)

FIFA expels Chuck Blazer for life for bribery, corruption (Yahoo Sports)

Chuck Blazer was banned for life by FIFA’s ethics committee on Thursday for widespread corruption, finally ending the career of the longtime most senior American in world football. The expulsion from football duty was a formality after Blazer’s guilty plea to racketeering and tax evasion charges was unsealed in May by United States federal agencies. FIFA’s ethics panel made its ruling using evidence from the American federal case which has plunged FIFA and international football into crisis.

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