FIFA bans Argentina coach Diego Maradona from soccer for 2 months for rant at ...

Nov 15th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times

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ZURICH (AP) - FIFA has banned Diego Maradona from all soccer activities for two months for the Argentina's coach expletive-filled rants after his team qualified for the World Cup.

A disciplinary panel for world soccer's governing body heard Maradona give evidence during a three-hour hearing Sunday before excluding him from soccer until Jan. 15.

The 49-year-old coach will miss Argentina's exhibition against the Czech Republic scheduled for Dec. 16. He also was fined $24,250.

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