Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini and Jerome Valcke have all been provisionally suspended by FIFA's ethics committee for 90 days.
FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon has been banned for six years and fined 100,000 Swiss francs, the ethics committee has announced.
Outgoing FIFA president Blatter and UEFA president Platini - who had been favourite to succeed 79-year-old Blatter - will now not be involved in any football activity for the next three months while investigations continue. The 90-day suspension can also be extended by a further 45 days.
A statement from FIFA's ethics committee said: "The adjudicatory chamber of the ethics committee chaired by Hans Joachim Eckert has provisionally banned FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, UEFA president and FIFA vice-president Michel Platini, and FIFA secretary General Jerome Valcke (who has already been put on leave by his employer FIFA) for a duration of 90 days. The duration of the bans may be extended for an additional period not exceeding 45 days."The former FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-Joon has been banned for six years and fined 100,000 Swiss francs. During this time, the above individuals are banned from all football activities on a national and international level. The bans come into force immediately.
Source: Skysports.
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