Sepp Blatter, the longtime president of FIFA, was provisionally suspended from all soccer activities for 90 days on Thursday, as Swiss authorities investigate him on suspicion of corruption.
FIFA’s vice president, Michel Platini, and its secretary general, Jérôme Valcke, who was already on leave, were also provisionally barred from the sport. The suspensions take effect immediately.
The provisional suspension was imposed by FIFA’s independent ethics committee. The ban can be renewed for another 45 days after the initial 90, and it requires a complete separation from FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, where Mr.