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Fifa extends ban on man who secretly filmed female footballers in Austria

Published by The Guardian on August 31, 2026 at 12:06 PM ET

Former SCR Altach employee now banned worldwide Move follows pressure from players’ unions Fifa has extended worldwide the ban on a former match official and SCR Altach employee found guilty of taking secret videos and photographs of members of the club’s women’s team. In February, a regional court in Feldkirch, Austria, handed the man a seven-month suspended prison sentence, a €1,200 (£1,046) fine and ordered him to pay the victims €625 (£545) each in compensation after he was found guilty of filming and taking photographs of players, including minors, in the changing room, gym and showers of Altach’s women’s team between 2018 and 2025. Continue reading...

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