Now Blatter's rival is suspended Fifa, the world governing body of football, was writhing under the glare of global scrutiny as two of its most senior officials were suspended over corruption allegations while its president, Sepp Blatter, was cleared to stand unopposed in the organisation's presidential elections.
Mohamed Bin Hammam, Qatari president of the Asian Football Confederation, was last week immersed in a promising campaign for election to the Fifa presidency. This morning, his football career is in tatters after Fifa's ethics committee imposed a "temporary exclusion" from his football posts while it refers evidence to "forensic investigators".
Jack Warner, the controversial Fifa vice-president whom England 2018 accused of having pledged his vote only to switch it to Russia's successful World Cup bid at the ballot box, has suffered a similar ban.
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