World football’s governing body FIFA has sacked secretary general Jerome Valcke on Wednesday.
The Frenchman, 55, was provisionally suspended from football for his alleged involvement in a scheme to profit from the sale of World Cup tickets.
Valcke was released from his duties on 17 September after being accused of a series of Fifa ethics code breaches.
Appointed in 2007, the former right-hand man of Fifa president Sepp Blatter has denied any wrongdoing.
“The duties of the secretary general will continue to be assumed by the acting secretary general, Dr Markus Kattner,” read a Fifa statement.
