1 Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have both been provisionally banned for 90 days from any football-related activity in a ruling that throws world football into total meltdown.

FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke has also been banned for 90 days, and FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon has been banned for six years and fined 100,000 Swiss francs, FIFA’s ethic committee has announced.

Outgoing FIFA president Blatter and UEFA president Platini – who had been favourite to succeed 79-year-old Blatter – will now not be involved in any football activity for the next three months while investigations continue. The 90-day suspension can also be extended by a further 45 days.

A statement from FIFA’s ethics committee said: “During this time, the above individuals are banned from all football activities on a national and international level. The bans come into force immediately.”