Blazer banned from football for life

Chuck Blazer was banned for life by Fifa’s ethics committee for widespread corruption, finally ending the career of the long-time most senior American in world football.

The expulsion from football duty was a formality after Blazer’s guilty plea to racketeering and tax evasion charges was unsealed in May by US federal agencies.

Fifa’s ethics panel made its ruling using evidence from the American federal case which has plunged Fifa and international football into crisis.