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The ethics committee's adjudicatory chamber opened
proceedings against the former head of CONCACAF, the governing
body for soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean,
following an investigatory report.
"The final report was transmitted to the adjudicatory chamber on
26 April 2016, with a recommended sanction of a lifelong ban
from all football-related activities," FIFA's Ethics Committee
said in a statement.
Webb, a Cayman Islands national, was arrested in May in Zurich,
along with six other current and former FIFA officials, as U.S.
authorities announced a sweeping investigation of corruption in
soccer. The arrests were part of a wider U.S. probe of bribery
and kick-back-related offences that has rocked the sport's
governing body.
(Reporting by Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi)
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