(Reuters) - Indonesian soccer has again come under fire from the world players' union FIFPro, which said on Wednesday that nothing had changed in the country since Paraguayan player Diego Mendieta died of a treatable viral infection in December. "For more than two years, enormous chaos has ruled in Indonesian professional football. There are two rival football associations, two professional leagues and even two national teams," said FIFPro in a statement.

LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - FIFA executive committee member Vernon Manilal Fernando of Sri Lanka was provisionally banned from any football activity for 90 days on Monday, FIFA said in a statement. Fernando, 63, has been a member of the FIFA executive since 2011 and was banned following a request by Michael Garcia, the chairman of the investigatory chamber of the ethics committee and Hans-Joachim Eckert, the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the committee.

Rio de Janeiro, Mar 7 (EFE).- FIFA announced Thursday here that people attending the Confederations Cup soccer matches in June and the World Cup next year - both to be held in Brazil - will not be allowed to smoke in the stadiums. "There will be competitions without tobacco. We acknowledge that the use of tobacco can harm people in the stadium. It will not be permitted to smoke inside the stadiums at the Confederations Cup or at the World Cup," FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke announced at a press conference in Rio.

By Simon Evans MIAMI, March 6 (Reuters) - The United States and Mexico, who meet in a crucial World Cup qualifier later this month, are also going head-to-head in the election for a place on FIFA's powerful executive committee. CONCACAF, the confederation for North and Central America and the Caribbean, said U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati and Mexican Football Federation president Justino Compean will face off in an election on April 19 in Panama City.