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FIFA bans former top football official over abuse cover-up

World football's governing body has banned Sayed Aghazada for five years. [Courtesy]

FIFA on Friday banned a former general secretary of the Afghanistan Football Federation for five years for covering up sexual abuse of female players.

Sayed Aghazada was found guilty of failing to "report and prevent" former federation president Keramuudin Karim from carrying out repeated acts of sexual assault between 2013 and 2018.

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