The Asian Football Confederation has suspended its chief Mohamed bin Hammam for 30 days over fresh corruption allegations in a new blow to the under-fire Qatari's efforts to clear his name
Bin Hammam, 63, has been fighting charges he tried to buy FIFA delegate votes in campaigning to unseat the world body’s long-standing president Sepp Blatter in a leadership election last year.
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The scandal earned him a FIFA life ban from football and he was provisionally replaced after nine years as president of Asia’s soccer governing body pending appeals.
AFC said in a statement posted on its website late Monday that it had handed Bin Hammam a 30-day suspension, following an external audit of the confederation’s financial accounts.
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