• African was disciplined by IOC in alleged bribery scandal[br]• Insists he will not stand for permanent office
• Fifa suspends Blatter,Michel Platini and Jérôme Valcke – live! Issa Hayatou is to become acting president of Fifa following the suspension of Sepp Blatter for 90 days during which he will be relieved of all his duties, though he said he would not stand for permanent office.
Blatter’s controversial 17-year reign was all but ended on Thursday when Fifa’s ethics committee suspended him pending a criminal investigation into allegations the Swiss mis-sold a World Cup TV rights contract to the disgraced former Fifa official Jack Warner in 2006 and made a “disloyal payment” of £1.3m to Michel Platini in 2011. Blatter and Platini deny any wrongdoing.
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Source: theguardian.com