{"id":30426,"date":"2020-11-23T21:24:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T19:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=30426"},"modified":"2020-11-23T21:24:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T19:24:25","slug":"fifa-bans-caf-president-ahmad-for-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/fifa-bans-caf-president-ahmad-for-five-years","title":{"rendered":"FIFA bans CAF president, Ahmad for five years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>FIFA has banned CAF president, Ahmad Ahmad, for five years over allegations of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The world football governing body announced the decision in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad has been CAF president since March 2017 and was standing for re-election, when FIFA banned him for \u201cgovernance issues\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In their statement, FIFA said that Ahmad had, \u201cbreached his duty of loyalty, offered gifts and other benefits, mismanaged funds and abused his position as the CAF President\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad has also been fined 200,000 Swiss francs ($220,000) by FIFA for the misdeeds, which related to \u201cthe organization and financing of an Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca,\u201d and his involvement in CAF\u2019s dealings with a sports equipment company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. FIFA has banned CAF president, Ahmad Ahmad, for five years over allegations of corruption. The world football governing body announced the decision in a statement on Monday. Ahmad has been CAF president since March 2017 and was standing for re-election, when FIFA banned him for \u201cgovernance issues\u201d. 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