Dispute Resolution Chamber to Advise GFA on Taylor Issue

It has now been confirmed that the Dispute Resolution Chamber of FIFA will hear the Charles Taylor issue brought to FIFA by the Ghana Football Association.

This comes a day after the FIFA sub committee descended heavily on Ariel Ortega. The Argentinian international Ariel Ortega has been banned until the end of the year and fined €9.5m by FIFA for walking out on his former club Fenerbah?e SK.

Ortega was under contract to the Istanbul club until 2006 but quit on 13 February and missed the second part of the Turkish season. Fenerbah?e reported his departure to FIFA and the world governing body's Dispute Resolution Chamber ruled yesterday that he must pay compensation and also serve a suspension.

According to a FIFA statement, the 29-year-old is "not eligible to play for any club until 30 December 2003", although the ban does not extend to international football. Ortega was Fenerbah?e's showpiece signing of last summer, joining in a deal worth around €8m from CA River Plate.

Ortega played 17 matches for the club, scoring five goals but now faces six months of inactivity. He has said he left the club because of disagreements with some of this team-mates. Fenerbah?e were his fourth European club, following short spells with Valencia CF, UC Sampdoria and Parma AC.