FIFA ethics court wants Qatari election candidate banned

A Qatari candidate for election to FIFA’s ruling council faces being banned from soccer for not telling the truth in an ethics investigation.

FIFA prosecutors have asked ethics judges in a final report that Saoud Al-Mohannadi be banned for “no less than two years and six months,” the ethics committee investigation chamber said on Friday in a statement. A 20,000 Swiss francs ($20,600) fine was also requested.

The case does not involve Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid which was also investigated, the statement said.

“The investigation against Mr Al-Mohannadi concerned his failure to properly cooperate and provide truthful information to the investigatory chamber,” ethics prosecutors said.