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Fifa hit former Botswana official Mooketsi Kgotlele with bribery sanction

Fifa have banned past Botswana Football Association (BFA) general secretary Mooketsi Kgotlele for life, having found him guilty of corruption.

The punishment was handed out by the adjudicatory chamber of the Independent Ethics Committee at football’s governing body, having found him culpable of receiving bribes to influence the outcome of matches.

“The adjudicatory chamber of the Independent Ethics Committee has found Mr. Mooketsi Kgotlele, former general secretary of the Botswana Football Association (BFA), guilty of having accepted bribes in relation to the manipulation of international matches in violation of the Fifa Code of Ethics,” the statement of the ethics committee read .