Sepp Blatter smiles in Blatter's home-town Ulrichen, Switzerland, August 22, 2015. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA's ethics watchdog has rejected suspended President Sepp Blatter's claim that he is not subject to its rules and that only Congress can bar him from his role as head of the scandal-plagued global soccer body.
Blatter has been suspended for 90 days along with European soccer boss Michel Platini, engulfed by a deepening corruption scandal as the sport faces criminal investigations in Switzerland and the United States.
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