FIFA says its ethics committee has banned a football official from India for three years for taking a bribe.

FIFA says Alberto Colaco, the former general secretary of the Indian football federation,“accepted a payment in the context of the elections” for Mohamed bin Hammam’s executive committee seat in 2009.

Bin Hammam beat Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain 23-21 in an election marred by allegations of vote-buying from both candidates’ supporters.

FIFA says Colaco was India’s voting delegate at the election in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. FIFA says Colaco violated several rules, including bribery and corruption.

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