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Swiss FA Fine FC Sion President €87,000 After He Assaulted a TV Pundit on the Touchline

FC Sion president Christian Constantin has been banned for 14 months and given a €87,000 after he assaulted a TV pundit.

Former Switzerland national team coach Rolf Fringer was working for Teleclub pitch-side when the altercation occurred.

Sion were taking on Lugano in a league match on September 21 and video footage captured Constantin striking Fringer in the face and slapping him as he stumbled over backwards.

The Swiss Football Assocation (SFV) has now fined Constantin 100,000CHF for his action, as reported by Goal, and he will not be allowed into any stadiums involving teams from the top two divisions in Switzerland or the national team.