{"id":13637,"date":"2018-12-19T09:45:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T09:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=13637"},"modified":"2018-12-19T09:45:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T09:45:40","slug":"fifa-bans-former-gambia-fa-boss-over-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=13637","title":{"rendered":"FIFA bans former Gambia FA boss over corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sp-story-body__introduction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fifa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fifa.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fifa-410x231.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fifa-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sp-story-body__introduction\">The former president of The Gambia Football Federation, Seedy Kinteh, has been banned for four years.<\/p>\n<p>Football\u2019s world governing body, Fifa, has found him guilty of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe adjudicatory chamber found Mr Kinteh guilty of having violated art. 20 (Offering and accepting gifts and other benefits) and art. 21 (Bribery and corruption) of the 2012 edition of the Fifa Code of Ethics,\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"sp-story-body__external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/governance\/news\/y=2018\/m=12\/news=adjudicatory-chamber-of-the-independent-ethics-committee-sanctions-seed.html\">Fifa said.<i class=\"sp-story-body__external-link-icon gelicon gelicon--external\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His ban covers all football-related activities at both national and international level.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation against Kinteh began on 1 March 2017 and was linked to Fifa\u2019s presidential elections in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>He was named in a 2014 investigation report by Fifa\u2019s then-ethics prosecutor Michael Garcia for taking payments from former presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam.<\/p>\n<p>Bin Hammam was suspended in 2011 days before the election against then-president Sepp Blatter after being implicated in bribing Caribbean voters.<\/p>\n<p>As well as the suspension, which comes into force immediately, Kinteh was fined US$200,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former president of The Gambia Football Federation, Seedy Kinteh, has been banned for four years. 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