World Soccer ruling body, FIFA has banned its former interim president, Issa Hayatou on Tuesday for alleged wrongdoing in a commercial deal for African soccer.
Hayatou, who was Confederation of African Football president for 29 years until 2017 was banned for one year for a breach of “duty of loyalty” rules, said FIFA while announcing the ruling of its ethics committee on Tuesday.
He was also fined 30,000 Swiss francs ($33,000) though it is unclear how FIFA can enforce payment.
FIFA’s investigation concluded Hayatou signed CAF “into an anti-competitive agreement with Lagardère Sport,” a French-owned media rights agency based in Qatar.
Hayatou was a long-time FIFA vice president and its stand-in president for several months between Sepp Blatter’s suspension from office in October 2015 and the election of Gianni Infantino four months later.

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