FIFA’s Ethics Committee has extended the provisional suspension of Dominican Republic Football Association president Osiris Guzmán for a further 45 days. He had initially been suspended for 90 days on 4 June 2018, when a formal investigation against him was opened.
No details of his alleged offence have been officially revealed, but it has been alleged in the local media that he allowed FIFA-funded facilities to be used for a political meeting. This would be a breach of the world governing body’s strict rules that demand political neutrality in football.
Guzman will continue to be banned from all football-related activities at both national and international level. He had received an earlier ban from football, serving 15 days in 2011, after a bribery scandal involving Caribbean officials.
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Inside the Games
4 September 2018
