BFA's Mussenden to hear World Cup bribes scandal appeal
Bermuda Football Association president Larry Mussenden will decide the fate of two FIFA executives suspended following a World Cup bribes scandal.Mussenden, who is chairman of the FIFA Appeals Committee, will hear appeals from Amos Adamu and Reynald Temarii against their suspensions following corruption allegations surrounding the World Cup hosting votes.FIFA said today it would confirm hearing dates for the two executive committee members “in due course.” FIFA decisions can also be overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.Adamu is challenging a three-year suspension from all soccer duty imposed by the FIFA ethics committee, which ruled in November that he sought bribes from undercover reporters.The Nigerian official hopes to be exonerated within weeks, therefore clearing him to stand for re-election. The Confederation for African Football has its annual assembly Feb.\ruary 23 in Khartoum, Sudan, where it will choose two of its four delegates to the 24-member FIFA ruling body. Adamu is listed as a candidate pending his appeal.Temarii, a FIFA vice president from Tahiti, was cleared of corruption but received a one-year ban for breaching confidentiality and loyalty rules. He will be replaced as Oceania confederation president on Saturday at its congress in Pago Pago, American Samoa.Both men were barred from the World Cup votes in December. A 22-man FIFA executive committee chose Russia to host the 2018 World Cup and Qatar in 2022.
