Fifa suspends Bin Hammam and Warner after ethics hearing
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Fifa has provisionally suspended executive committee members Mohamed Bin Hammam and Jack Warner after a meeting of its ethics committee on Sunday.
Football's governing body will now open a full investigation into allegations that financial incentives were offered to members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).
CFU officials Debbie Minguell and Jason Sylvester have also been suspended.
No action will be taken against Fifa president Sepp Blatter.
Petrus Damaseb, deputy chairman of the ethics committee, said of Bin Hammam and Warner: "We are satisfied that there is a case to be answered."
However, Fifa insists that they are innocent until proven guilty.
If found guilty, they could be expelled from the organisation and banned from all football activity.
Bin Hammam was the only candidate due to oppose Blatter in the forthcoming election for the Fifa presidency - which will go ahead as planned on Wednesday - but he withdrew in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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David Bond reports from Zurich
Fifa has provisionally suspended executive committee members Mohamed Bin Hammam and Jack Warner after a meeting of its ethics committee on Sunday.
Football's governing body will now open a full investigation into allegations that financial incentives were offered to members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).
CFU officials Debbie Minguell and Jason Sylvester have also been suspended.
No action will be taken against Fifa president Sepp Blatter.
Petrus Damaseb, deputy chairman of the ethics committee, said of Bin Hammam and Warner: "We are satisfied that there is a case to be answered."
However, Fifa insists that they are innocent until proven guilty.
If found guilty, they could be expelled from the organisation and banned from all football activity.
Bin Hammam was the only candidate due to oppose Blatter in the forthcoming election for the Fifa presidency - which will go ahead as planned on Wednesday - but he withdrew in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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