FIFA pair found guilty

FIFA executive committee members Amos Adamu and Reynald Temarii have been suspended from all football-related activity for three years and one year respectively in relation to allegations of corruption regarding World Cup votes.

The pair were implicated in a Sunday Times investigation which accused the duo of accepting money in return for their vote in the bidding for the World Cup, with reporters from the newspaper posing as representatives of the United States' 2022 World Cup bid.

Adamu has already indicated his intention to appeal against the verdict delivered by the chairman of FIFA's ethics committee Claudio Sulser.

Adamu was fined 10,000 Swiss francs (£6,341) and Temarii 5,000 Swiss francs (£3,170) as part of the sanction against them.

In a separate investigation, the ethics committee found insufficient evidence of collusion between the bid teams of Spain-Portugal 2018 and Qatar 2022.

The FIFA ethics committee had also been conducting an investigation into allegations that the two bid teams had been colluding to trade votes, against bidding regulations.

However, it was announced today the committee "did not find sufficient grounds to reach a conclusion that there was any collusion".

The ethics committee also issued suspensions to four other FIFA officials implicated in the Sunday Times investigation, all of whom are former executive committee members.

Ismael Bhamjee of Botswana was handed a four-year ban from all football-related activity, while Amadou Diakite of Mali and Ahongalu Fusimalohi of Tonga were suspended for three years and Tunisian official Slim Aloulou for two. All four were also fined 10,000 Swiss francs.