Global football body FIFA has banned a South African official for his role in match-fixing shenanigans during friendly matches leading up to the 2010 World Cup.

On Wednesday, FIFA banned Lindile Kika from all football activity for six years. A FIFA investigation found the former head of national teams for the South African Football Association guilty of five ethics violations involving “several” international friendlies played in South Africa prior to the 2010 tournament.

FIFA declined to specify Kika’s transgressions, but stressed that no players were involved. Kika has been linked to notorious Singapore-based fixer Wilson Perumal’s Football 4U group, who preferred to buy off referees. The matches in question reportedly involved teams from Thailand, Bulgaria, Colombia and Guatemala.

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