Niersbach served as vice-president of the 2006 World Cup organising committee. The ethics committee suspension will force his immediate removal from posts he currently holds on the Fifa Council and UEFA executive committee. GENEVA - Fifa's ethics committee on Monday banned Wolfgang Niersbach, former president of the German Football Association (DFB), for one year over misconduct surrounding the country's successful 2006 World Cup bid. Fifa prosecutors sought a two-year ban, however, arguing that Niersbach should have spoken up sooner when he learned of possible wrongdoing. The report linked Beckenbauer to a suspect deal with disgraced former Fifa bigwig Jack Warner.

Source: Bangkok Post July 25, 2016 14:15 UTC