World football governing body FIFA today banned Nepal's football chief for 10 years and the president of the Laos federation for two years for bribery. The decade-long sanction against Ganesh Thapa, president of the All-Nepal Football Association, was a new blow to the country's football image after several national players were accused of match-fixing. Thapa stood down as a football chief one year ago amid an investigation into accusations that he embezzled millions of dollars during his 19-year tenure. Without giving details, a FIFA statement said Thapa committed various acts of misconduct over several years, including the solicitation and acceptance of cash payments from another football official, for both personal and family gain. On top of the ban, Thapa was fined 19,850 US dollars or 13 lakh Indian rupees approximately by the ethics committee's adjudicatory chamber. Laos Football Federation president Viphet Sihachakr was banned for two years after he "solicited and accepted a payment from another football official" around 2011 elections for the FIFA executive. Sihachakr was fined 39,700 US Dollars or 26 lakh Indian rupees approximately.