FIFA hands life ban to former Botswana official for match fixing

ByReuters

Published 22/07/2019 at 14:26 GMT

July 22 (Reuters) - Former Botswana Football Association general secretary Mooketsi Kgotlele has been banned for life by world soccer body FIFA for accepting bribes in relation to the manipulation of international matches.

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FIFA said in a statement on Monday that the adjudicatory chamber of the Independent Ethics Committee had also imposed a fine of 50,000 Swiss francs ($50,952.82). ($1 = 0.9813 Swiss francs) (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, Editing by William Maclean)

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