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FIFA suspensions: Timeline of Thursday's events

We recap Thursday's developments as FIFA's Ethics Committee handed provisional suspensions to president Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini.

The scandal rocking FIFA took another twist Thursday as president Sepp Blatter, general secretary Jerome Valcke and UEFA president Michel Platini were all handed 90-day suspensions.

Here we look back on another dramatic day within football's world governing body:

- Early on Thursday, the adjudicatory chamber of FIFA Ethics Committee announced provisional bans for president Blatter and Platini. Both men are banned for 90 days with the option to extend it by another 45 days.

- Blatter alleged to have signed an "unfavorable" contract with Caribbean Football Union over television rights in 2005, and a "disloyal" payment to Platini in 2011.