Bin Hammam provisionally suspended by FIFA

FIFA said in a statement that Bin Hammam would be banned for 90 days while its ethics committee assessed the prospects of collecting further evidence over allegations that he tried to bribe Caribbean officials in the run-up to last year's election.

It will also investigate allegations of financial wrongdoing while he was head of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

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