Klass suspended by FIFA in ethics probe

Mohammed bin Hammam

Controversial football head Colin Klass faced the greatest challenge yet to his career when FIFA suspended him yesterday as part of an ethics probe of a bribery scandal that has shaken regional associations.

In an invited comment, Klass, who has headed the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) since 1989, said that he will “comply with but at the same time he will appeal the provisional suspension”. According to Klass, who is also a Caribbean Football Union (CFU) vice president, he does not understand why investigations are being reopened and viewed the action as unjustified.

However, he noted that he will “not