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CONCACAF official Sanz banned by FIFA

FIFA has banned CONCACAF general secretary Enrique Sanz and two Congolose Football Association officials from football-related activity.

FIFA has provisionally banned CONCACAF general secretary Enrique Sanz from all football-related activity.

Jeffrey Webb, the CONCACAF president, was one of nine FIFA officials among 14 people indicted on charges of racketeering, conspiracy and corruption by United States authorities last week.

A statement released by FIFA confirmed Sanz's ban on Monday.

The statement read: "Following previous decisions and further clarification, and on the basis of investigations carried out by the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee and the latest facts presented by the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, Hans-Joachim Eckert, today provisionally banned the official Enrique Sanz from carrying out any football-related activities at national and international level.