Sepp Blatter suspended for 90 days

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has been provisionally suspended for 90 days after members of the ethics committee met following the Swiss attorney general opening up criminal proceedings against Blatter last month.

According to reports in BBC website, the 79-year-old is accused of signing a contract "unfavourable" to football's governing body and making a "disloyal payment" to Uefa president Michel Platini.

Swiss Blatter, who has run Fifa since 1998, and Platini, who wants to succeed him, deny any wrongdoing. A final decision is likely to be made on Thursday by Hans Joachim Eckhert, the head of Fifa's ethics adjudicatory chamber. Blatter's adviser Klauss Stohlker told BBC Sport: "The news was communicated to the president this afternoon. He is calm. Remember he is the father of the ethics committee.

"This is provisional for 90 days but he is not actually suspended. The committee has not yet made a decision and their meetings continue."

The outgoing FIFA chief labelled the uproar over a criminal investigation into his activities as "outrageous" and insisted that he will only leave his role on the day of the election to find his successor.

Blatter had said he will step down following the indictment of 14 FIFA officials by the US Department of Justice in July.