Zurich: The adjudicatory chamber of FIFA's independent ethics committee has opened formal adjudicatory proceedings against Qatar Football Association (QFA) vice president Saoud Al-Mohannadi.

The committee, under its chairman Hans-Joachim Eckert, has opened "formal adjudicatory proceedings against Al-Mohannadi, based on the final report submitted by the investigatory chamber", a media release said on Tuesday, reports Sputnik.