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Former Afghan football president banned for life

By REUTERS

JUNE 8, 2019 21:30

The former president of the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) has been banned for life from all soccer-related activities for abusing his position and sexually abusing female players, FIFA announced on Saturday.

Keramuddin Keram, also a former FIFA Standing Committee member, was accused by at least five Afghan female football players of repeated sexual abuse between 2013-18.

FIFA's independent Ethics Committee found Keram had breached article 23 (protection of physical and mental integrity) and article 25 (abuse of position) of its Code of Ethics and sanctioned him with a life ban at all levels of the game. He was also fined 1,000,000 Swiss francs ($1.01 million)

The national women's team was formed in 2010, and FIFA, global soccer's governing body, suspended Keram and five other officials in December as the investigation took place.

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