FIFA ethics judge resigns amid corruption allegation
UEFA charges AEK Athens, Ajax
FIFA says one of its ethics committee judges resigned after he was investigated for alleged corruption in Malaysia.
Sundra Rajoo was appointed one year ago after passing an integrity check to be a deputy chairman of the FIFA ethics committee’s judging panel.
Rajoo was arrested last week in an investigation of alleged financial wrongdoing as director of the Asian International Arbitration Centre.
A court in Kuala Lumpur
UEFA has charged AEK Athens and Ajax after fan violence at their Champions League game on Tuesday.
UEFA says its disciplinary panel will meet on December 13 to judge six charges against AEK, including crowd disturbances, and two against Ajax.
A fire bomb exploded near the section of visiting Ajax fans at the Athens Olympic Stadium, and flares and smoke canisters were thrown.
Riot police clashed with fans in the stadium and in Athens ahead of the game, which Ajax won 2-0. gave him an unconditional release citing his diplomatic immunity, though he resigned from the job.
During Rajoo’s time at FIFA, ethics judges imposed life bans on several football officials who admitted bribery charges in a sprawling US Department of Justice investigation.
FIFA said last week Rajoo would not be involved in ethics cases while he was under suspicion in Malaysia.
AEK faces a potential stadium closure, though its next home European game will not be this season because it will finish last in its group.
Ajax fans could be banned from the Round of 16 away game as part of a previous sanction for disorder at Benfica this month.