Ibrahim Chaibou from Niger retired in 2011, but has now been banned from all football related activities and fined CHF200,000 (£152,500/$201,000/€177,000).

FIFA’s Ethics Committee did not state which specific games they had assessed when investigating Chaibou, but in 2010 during a warm-up match for the upcoming World Cup in South Africa, he famously awarded the hosts three penalties for handball.

The game against Guatamala in Polokwane eventually finished 5-0.

In their official statement FIFA said Chaibou has been banned "from all football related activities (administrative, sports or any other) at both national and international level".

The sanction came into force on Tuesday (January 22), the day Chaibou was informed.