Former Germany Football Association president Wolfgang Niersbach has been banned over his failure to report corruption in World Cup bidding.
The former head of German football Wolfgang Niersbach has been banned from all football activities for one year by FIFA's independent Ethics Committee over "misconduct concerning the awarding of the FIFA World Cup."
Niersbach resigned as president of the German Football Association (DFB) in November after investigators searched the premises of the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt, as well as his home, and those of predecessor Theo Zwanziger and former general secretary Horst Schmidt amid allegations that the organization secured the hosting rights for World Cup 2006 by corrupt means.