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FIFA extends Afghan official's ban during player abuse case
Published
Mar. 12, 2019 10:11 a.m. ET
ZURICH (AP) — Under investigation by FIFA for allegedly abusing female players, Afghanistan soccer federation president Keramuudin Karim will remain suspended from soccer for 90 more days.
FIFA says it has approved a request by investigators to extend Karim's interim ban, which has already lasted 90 days.
FIFA says "Karim will continue to be banned from all football-related activities at both national and international level."
Last year, Afghan women's national team players accused their federation president of sexual and physical abuse.
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FIFA had earlier been alerted to reports of abuse at federation headquarters in Kabul and a training camp in Jordan.
Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani also ordered an investigation.
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