Hammam slams ban, says cash was for expenses

Mohamed Bin Hammam has claimed the cash given to members of the Caribbean Football Union during his campaign for the FIFA presidency was simply payment to cover their expenses as he launched a stinging attack on the governing body for his life ban

Mohamed Bin Hammam has claimed the cash given to members of the Caribbean Football Union during his campaign for the FIFA presidency was simply payment to cover their expenses as he launched a stinging attack on the governing body for his life ban.

The 62-year-old Qatari was banned for life from all football-related activity on Sunday after being found guilty by FIFA's ethics committee of attempting to bribe 25 members of the CFU in Trinidad in May. "We did not do anything wrong," he said in an interview with Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme. "We played in compliance with the rules and regulations of FIFA.

"I did not provide money for distribution, or for buying votes or for bribing. I paid the expenses of the congresses, the travel expenses, daily allowances."

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