Nigeria, March 20 -- World football governing body FIFA has sanctioned the Israel Football Association over breaches related to discrimination and offensive conduct, following an investigation initiated after a complaint by the Palestinian Football Association.

In a statement issued on Thursday, FIFA confirmed that its Disciplinary Committee found the Israeli federation guilty of violating key provisions of its code.

"Following the proposal made by the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) at the 74th FIFA Congress and the subsequent decision of the FIFA Council to mandate the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to investigate the alleged offence of discrimination raised by the PFA, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has decided that the Israel F...