Bin Hammam: Cash was for expenses

Mohamed Bin Hammam has claimed the cash given to members of the Caribbean Football Union during his campaign for the FIFA presidency was simply payment to cover their expenses as he launched a stinging attack on the governing body for his life ban.

The 62-year-old Qatari was yesterday banned for life from all football-related activity after being found guilty by FIFA’s ethics committee of attempting to bribe 25 members of the CFU in Trinidad in May.