FIFA suspends Ex-All India Football Federation Official for involvement in Bin Hammam bribery scandal

Thursday, 04 December 2014 Author: Manali Kulkarni

In the wake of facing the pressure to make the full FIFA World Cup Corruption report¹ public, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee announced on November 27, 2014, that Alberto Colaco, former All India Football Federation (AIFF)² general secretary, has been banned for 3 years for accepting a bribe relating to the FIFA Executive Committee elections at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)³ Congress in May 2009.⁴ In addition to being AIFF general secretary, Colaco was AIFF’s voting delegate⁵, involved with Goan Football, as well a consultant for IMG-Reliance and national broadcasters.⁶

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Tags: All India Football Federation (AIFF) | Anti-Corruption | Asian Football Confederation (AFC) | Criminal Law | FIFA | FIFA Code of Ethics | FIFA Executive Committee | Football | Governance | India | Regulation | World Cup

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Manali Kulkarni

Manali is an attorney in the US. She was the COO at LawInSport and continues to be an executive contributor of the editorial board for LawInSport. She holds an LLM in Sports Law from Nottingham Law School (Nottingham Trent University). She has been a strategy and legal consultant for organizations such as the World Players Association, and previously interned with the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Manali previously researched on sports and society in India, specifically focusing on the influence of sport on the gender divide in India. She joined LawInSport in September 2013 as a research assistant providing updates on Indian sports law.

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