Former Oceania football general secretary Tai Nicholas has been banned for eight years for misappropriating FIFA funds and bribery, the world governing body said.
The ban — the latest in a series for the scandal-hit Oceania Football Confederation — follows FIFA investigations into money given to build a lavish ‘Home of Football’ in Auckland.
Nicholas, also a former FIFA standing committee member, was found guilty of misappropriating funds “as well as having offered and accepted gifts or other benefits”, a FIFA statement said.
He was fined 50,000 Swiss francs ($50,000) and banned from involvement in national and international football for eight years for the breaches of FIFA’s code of ethics. Read more