Football: FIFA Bans Caribbean FA Chief For Six Years

FIFA suspended Caribbean Football Union president Gordon Derrick from the sport for six years

ZURICH, Sept 19, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Sep, 2017 ) - FIFA suspended Caribbean Football Union president Gordon Derrick from the sport for six years on Tuesday after he was found guilty of several ethics violations.

Derrick becomes the latest in a long line of football executives sanctioned by FIFA's ethics committee, which has thrown dozens of people out of the sport over graft. In a statement, FIFA said the case centred on "alleged conflicts of interest, offering and accepting gifts and other benefits, mismanagement of funds, abuse of position and disloyalty".

A native of Antigua and Barbuda, Derrick was also fined 30,000 Swiss francs ($31,154). Derrick had last year sought to take charge of the governing body for football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF) -- after the two previous chiefs were brought down by their own corruption scandals.

But Derrick was barred from running in the CONCACAF vote after failing a background check by FIFA's compliance committee.