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FIFA gives ex-Maldives FA chief lifetime ban for misusing COVID funds

FIFA also fined Jaleel 1 million Swiss francs after finding he misused COVID-19 relief funds for personal benefit, officials said.

Sept 11 : Former Football Association of Maldives (FAM) President Bassam Adeel Jaleel has been banned for life from football-related activities for misusing COVID-19 relief funds for his personal benefit, world soccer's governing body FIFA said on Friday.Jaleel had previously been provisionally suspended amid

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FIFA has banned former Maldives national football association president Bassam Adil Jalil for life for misusing financial aid provided by FIFA to associations during the coronavirus pandemic. Former Montserrat football chief Vincent Cassell was also given the same punishment for misappropriating FIFA funds. Both officials were also fined one million Swiss francs (25.7 million crowns), FIFA said.

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Channel News Asia broke the news in Singapore, Singapore on Friday, September 11, 2026.
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