Six officials banned by Fifa

SIX MORE officials from the Caribbean have been banned by Fifa for varying periods for their roles in the bribery scandal that…

SIX MORE officials from the Caribbean have been banned by Fifa for varying periods for their roles in the bribery scandal that rocked the world governing body earlier this year. The bans, of between two years and seven days, have been imposed by Fifa’s ethics committee.

The cases are the fall-out from the scandal that saw Fifa presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam banned for life for offering or making cash gifts to officials from the 25 Caribbean Football Union associations at a meeting in Trinidad on May 10th.

Patrick John (Dominica) was banned for two years and fined €2,400; Vincent Cassell (Montserrat) was banned for 60 days and fined €242; Raymond Guishard (Anguilla) was banned for 45 days and fined €242; Noel Adonis (Guyana) was banned for 30 days and fined €242; Tandica Hughes (Montserrat) was banned for 15 days; Everton Gonsalves (Antigua and Barbuda) was banned for seven days and fined €242 and Derrick Gordon (Antigua and Barbuda) received a reprimand and a fine of €242.