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17:11, 28-Apr-2018
FIFA ethics committee bans Del Nero for life
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The suspended president of the Brazilian Football Confederation, Marco Polo Del Nero, has been banned from football for life by FIFA's ethics committee for bribery. The Brazilian football boss was also fined 1.01 million US dollars.
FIFA said that Del Nero had been investigated for receiving bribes in exchange for his role in awarding contracts to companies for the media and marketing rights to various football tournaments."
These included the Copa America, the Copa Libertadores, and the domestic Copa Brasil tournament.
The President of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) Marco Polo Del Nero speaks during a session of the Sports Commission in the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia. /VCG Photo
The President of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) Marco Polo Del Nero speaks during a session of the Sports Commission in the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia. /VCG Photo
In doing so, he violated ethics rules on bribery, offering and accepting gifts, loyalty, conflict of interest, and general rules of conduct.
Del Nero, a former member of FIFA's executive committee, denied wrongdoing and said he would appeal.
Brazil does not allow the extradition of its own citizens and Del Nero had remained as president of the country's football confederation until FIFA provisionally suspended him in December.