FIFA: suspension of the presidents of Nepal (ten years) and Laos (two years) Federations

"The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee chaired by Hans Joachim Eckert has banned Mr Ganesh Thapa, President of the All-Nepal Football Association, for ten years and Mr Viphet Sihachakr, President of the Lao Football Federation, for two years, from all football activities at both national and international level. The bans come into force immediately," announced FIFA on 16/11/2015.

• Ganesh Thapa, a former vice-president of the AFC, had already been suspended for 120 days, on 04/11/2014. "Mr Thapa, in the context of the 2009 and 2011 elections for the FIFA Executive Committee at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) congress, committed various acts of misconduct over several years, including the solicitation and acceptance of cash payments from another football official, for both personal and family gain," said FIFA on 16/11/2015. These actions would include agreeing to vote for Mohamed Bin Hammam, a former vice-president of FIFA (banned for life from any football-related activity on 23/07/2015) in exchange for payment of $100 000 (€94,000) from the Qatari to…