Sepp Blatter, the longtime president of FIFA, was suspended from all soccer activities for 90 days on Thursday, as Swiss authorities investigate him on suspicion of corruption.<br />FIFA's vice president, Michel Platini, and its secretary general, Jérôme Valcke, who was already on leave, were also "provisionally banned" from the sport.<br />The suspensions take effect immediately.<br />Mr. Blatter has been the president of FIFA since 1998 and for years had largely avoided any direct impact from the various scandals that have enveloped a variety of top soccer officials during his tenure.
