September 3 – Osiris Guzman, the former Dominican Republic federation president who famously once used a speech to compare Sepp Blatter to Jesus Christ, Nelson Mandela and Winston Churchill all rolled into one, has had his own ban extended by FIFA for a further 45 days.
In June Guzman found himself going the same way as Blatter after being banned by FIFA’s ethics committee from all involvement in the game for 90 days pending a full inquiry.
Details of the case have not been published though Guzman reportedly allowed FIFA-funded facilities to be used for a political meeting.
Guzman. who made his remarkable claim about Blatter in April 2015 at a CONCACAF Congress, already served a 15-day ban in 2011 following the fallout over the bribery scandal involving Caribbean voters in the FIFA presidential election.
Now he has had his June provisional suspension extended by FIFA’s ethics committee during which time he will continue to be barred from all football-related activities at both national and international level.
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