FIFA president Sepp Blatter has won an injunction to stop bribery accusations being spread about him.
According to a FIFA statement, a local court in Meilen, Switzerland, adjudged the allegations made by Somalian Football Association president Farah Addo "as inflicting substantial damage on Blatter's personal rights".
In February, Addo claimed he was offered money by Blatter's supporters to switch their votes in the 1998 FIFA presidential elections.
Blatter was elected successor to Joao Havelange as head of the game's governing body, pipping Lennart Johansson to the post.
The FIFA supremo claims the allegations of corruption are part of a growing "destabilisation and defamation campaign" against him.
Blatter is running for another term as president and he will be up against Cameroon's Issa Hayatou in the May 29 elections in Korea.
Blatter has faced a torrid time in the FIFA hotseat recently, with the governing body's finances coming under intense scrutiny.
He later suspended an internal investigation into alleged financial mismanagement, although this matter will be up for discussion at a meeting of FIFA's executive meeting on Friday. -PA