Rio de Janeiro, May 28 (UNI) FIFA's appeal committee on Tuesday upheld a life ban on former Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) president Marco Polo Del Nero for corruption, according to sport's global governing body.
The 78-year-old was guilty of accepting bribes and kickbacks as well as violating rules related to conflict of interest and general conduct, FIFA said in a statement on Monday, reports Xinhua news agency.
The ruling comes just over a year after FIFA's ethics committee barred Del Nero from all football-related activity and fined him 1 million Swiss francs (1 million dollar).