Blatter 'relieved of all duties' by FIFA

Sepp Blatter has been relieved of his duties as FIFA president after he was banned from all footballing activity for 90 days and replaced by CAF head Issa Hayatou.

FIFA announced on Thursday that Blatter, alongside presidential candidate Michel Platini and general secretary Jerome Valcke, had been suspended for 90 days, following approval by the governing body's adjudicatory chamber of a recommendation made the organisation's ethics committee.

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