FIFA adds former Uruguayan football chief to officials banned for life

The former president of the Uruguayan Football Federation, Eugenio Figueredo, arrested in Zurich in 2015, was suspended from football for life, FIFA announced on Wednesday.

The 87-year-old was a former vice-president of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) and served on several FIFA committees.

The proceedings, the governing body of world football said in a statement, "referred to a bribery scheme during the period from 2004 to 2015 in relation to his role in awarding contracts to companies for the media and marketing rights to CONMEBOL competitions."