FIFA ethics committee extends Valcke suspension

ZURICH: FIFA’s ethics watchdog has extended Secretary General Jerome Valcke’s suspension from world football as it prepares a ruling over accusations of corruption involving the sale of World Cup tickets.

The French administrator has denied any wrongdoing in the case, which is among dozens of allegations rocking football’s governing body, caught up in worst graft scandal of its history.

Investigators for the ethics committee recommended on Tuesday that Valcke be banned for nine years and fined 100,000 Swiss francs ($98,990.30).

The committee said in a statement on Wednesday that it’s chief judge Hans-Joachim Eckert had suspended Valcke for another 45 days pending a final judgement, after a previous 90-day ban expired.