"<a href=""http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/11/18/soccer.investigation/index.html"">FIFA's Ethics Committee confirms the suspension of six FIFA officials including executive committee members Amos Adamu</a> (pictured) and Reynald Temarii, after claims by Britain's Sunday Times newspaper that they offered to sell their World Cup votes. Adamu receives a three-year ban and $11,947 fine and Temarii a 12-month ban and a $5,973 fine. The committee also rules that there is no evidence to support allegations of collusion between rival bid teams. Both Adamu and Temarii<a href=""http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/9385241.stm"" target=""_blank""> appeal unsuccessfully</a> to FIFA's Appeal Committee and Adamu later also files an <a href=""http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/press20release20242620_ENG_20final.pdf"" target=""_blank"">unsuccessful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). </a> In May 2015, <a href=""http://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2015/m=5/news=reynald-temarii-general-director-of-the-tahiti-football-association-ba-2604566.html"" target=""_blank"">FIFA bans Temarii for another eight years</a> for allegedly accepting money from former Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed Bin Hammam to cover legal costs of his appeal of FIFA's 2010 ban."
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