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FIFA bans disgraced ex-Brazil football chief Marin for life

8 years ago

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 15, 2017 Jose Maria Marin of Brazil, one of three defendants in the FIFA scandal, arrives at the Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn in New York. - FIFA on April 15, 2019 slapped a lifetime ban on the disgraced former boss of Brazilian football, Jose Maria Marin, months after a US court convicted him of massive corruption. FIFA's ethics judges found Marin guilty of bribery and "banned him for life from all football-related activities... at both national and international level", while imposing a fine of 1 million Swiss francs ($1 million), said a statement from world football's governing body. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP)

FIFA on Monday slapped a lifetime ban on the disgraced former boss of Brazilian football, Jose Maria Marin after a US court convicted him of massive corruption.

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