[6][7] In May 2011, Lord Triesman gave evidence in the British Parliament that Makudi had demanded the TV rights to a friendly between England and the Thai national team in return for voting for England to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

[8] This led to an inquiry set up by the Football Association, where Triesman repeated the allegation of corruption by referring to his parliamentary evidence.

Makudi then tried to sue Triesman for libel, claiming that the allegations were not true and that his reputation had been tarnished.

[12] In October 2015 Makudi was suspended by FIFA Ethics Committee from all football activities for 90 days.

[14] In October 2016 Makudi was banned by FIFA Ethics Committee for five years and fined 10,000 Swiss Francs for forgery and falsification.