FIFA ethics board gives six year ban to South Africa's Kika

[October 14, 2015]  ZURICH (Reuters) - The ethics committee for global soccer body FIFA has banned former South African soccer official Lindile Kika from the all of the sport's activities for six years.

"The proceedings against Lindile Kika were opened in November 2014 in relation to several international friendly matches played in South Africa in 2010," FIFA's ethics committee said in a statement on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Joshua Franklin, editing by John Miller)

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