FIFA inspector was banned for seeking personal favours - committee

Chief FIFA inspector Harold Mayne-Nicholls speaks during a news conference for the FIFA Inspection Visit for the Qatar 2022 World Cup Bid in Doha September 14, 2010. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad

ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA's ethics committee said on Thursday that former World Cup bid inspector Harold Mayne-Nicholls repeatedly asked for personal favours from one of the countries that bid to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Mayne-Nicholls, who was banned for seven years on July 6, "ignored his responsibility as a high-ranking official", the ethics committee said in a statement as it informed him of the grounds of the decision.