Fernando handed lifetime ban from FIFA

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FIFA executive committee member Vernon Manilal Fernando has been given a lifetime ban from any kind of football-related activity.

The decision was reached by FIFA following a two-day hearing in Zurich, in which Sri Lankan Fernando had appealed a previous sanction of an eight-year ban issued on April 30 2013.

There was also an appeal from the chief of investigation, Michael J Garcia, which has been upheld as the world governing body revealed Fernando had violated a number of its Code of Ethics.

The exact nature of the offences committed by Fernando, who was elected onto the committee in January 2011, have not been confirmed.