Sepp Blatter handed new six years and eight months ban from football

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been issued with a new ban from football. File photo

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been handed a new ban from football after being found to be part of a “vicious circle” of officials who sought to award themselves over €58m in undeclared payments.

Blatter, 85, is currently serving a six-year suspension for earlier ethics breaches which expires in October, at which point a new ban for a further six years and eight months will kick in for behaviour which FIFA’s ethics committee described as “completely reprehensible”.