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Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The international football federation, Fifa, has handed Argintina’s football coach and former superstar Diego Maradona a CHF25,000 fine and a two month ban on participating in any football-related activities. Maradona’s outburst at the qualifying match between Uruguay and Argentina  14 October 2009 in Montevideo. Maradona, who was interviewed for 40 minutes by Fifa’s disciplinary committee, apologized to Fifa and the football world. The ban runs from 15 November-15 January 2010.

Maradona ranted abusively at media and critics in the wake of his team’s qualifying match.

The coach was Argentina’s captain when it won the World Cup in 1986. His outburst risked him a ban from the World Cup in South Africa in 2010, but the Fifa officials said they took into account his apology and “sincere remorse.”

Links to other sites: AP/Canadian Press service, Fifa

Posted by Ellen Wallace on 16 November 2009 at 9:03 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 16 November 2009.

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