Di Canio faces FIFA probe over salute
FIFA are to investigate Paolo Di Canio’s alleged extremist right-wing gestures during Lazio’s match with Livorno.
The former Celtic and West Ham striker was subsequently banned by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and fined after the controversial salute in the game on December 11.
But FIFA may now take the case further after asking the FIGC to submit a file on the issue.
The world game’s governing body will determine the extent to which Di Canio’s gestures may have violated the FIFA Code of Ethics, which came into force in 2004, and will also examine the relevant disciplinary provisions.
Di Canio was at the centre of another storm at the weekend when he is alleged to have made a fascist salute afte being substituted in Lazio’s 1-1 draw with Juventus.
The 37-year-old insisted he had done nothing wrong and claimed the gesture “dates back to ancient Rome and expresses a sense of being a part of something. It has nothing to do with a racist ideology".
