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Blazer handed lifetime football ban

FIFA's Ethics Commitee has banned former Executive Committee member and CONCACAF general secretary Chuck Blazer from all football-related activity for life.

It was revealed in June that the American was among those to accept and facilitate bribes as part of the bidding processes for the France 1998 and South Africa 2010 World Cups.

A FIFA statement on Thursday explained that Blazer was now banned "from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level for life".

"Mr Blazer committed many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official in different high-ranking and influential positions at FIFA and CONCACAF," it continued.

"In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, payment and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments, bribes and kickbacks as well as other money-making schemes."

Blazer's admissions followed a US Department of Justice indictment which accused South African officials of paying $10million in bribes to secure the global showpiece.