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| PSG boss Al-Khelaifi charged with athletics corruption | PSG boss Al-Khelaifi charged with athletics corruption |
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| A French judge has charged the president of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football club, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, with corruption over Qatari bids to host the world athletics championships. | A French judge has charged the president of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football club, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, with corruption over Qatari bids to host the world athletics championships. |
| Judicial sources quoted by AFP news agency said the case focused on the championships held in 2017 and 2019. | Judicial sources quoted by AFP news agency said the case focused on the championships held in 2017 and 2019. |
| Mr Khelaifi, who is also the boss of Qatari TV channel BeIn Sports, has been under investigation since March. | Mr Khelaifi, who is also the boss of Qatari TV channel BeIn Sports, has been under investigation since March. |
| Two payments totalling $3.5m (£2.8m), made in 2011, are under scrutiny. | Two payments totalling $3.5m (£2.8m), made in 2011, are under scrutiny. |
| London won the bidding to host the championships in 2017, but Qatar is hosting this year's championships in September-October. | London won the bidding to host the championships in 2017, but Qatar is hosting this year's championships in September-October. |
| It is alleged that the payments were made by Oryx Qatar Sports Investment - a firm jointly owned by Nasser Al-Khelaifi and his brother Khalid - to a firm run by the son of Lamine Diack, ex-president of the IAAF, the world athletics governing body. | It is alleged that the payments were made by Oryx Qatar Sports Investment - a firm jointly owned by Nasser Al-Khelaifi and his brother Khalid - to a firm run by the son of Lamine Diack, ex-president of the IAAF, the world athletics governing body. |
| Lamine Diack, 85, was charged with corruption in March in relation to the case, while an arrest warrant has been issued for his Senegal-based son, Papa Massata Diack. Lamine Diack was IAAF chief in 1999-2015. | Lamine Diack, 85, was charged with corruption in March in relation to the case, while an arrest warrant has been issued for his Senegal-based son, Papa Massata Diack. Lamine Diack was IAAF chief in 1999-2015. |
| Read more on athletics inquiries: | Read more on athletics inquiries: |
| Allegations denied | Allegations denied |
| The French term "mis en examen" - meaning "charged" in English - does not automatically trigger a trial, but means that prosecutors strongly suspect wrongdoing. | The French term "mis en examen" - meaning "charged" in English - does not automatically trigger a trial, but means that prosecutors strongly suspect wrongdoing. |
| Another BeIn Sports executive, Yousef Al-Obaidly, is also under investigation in France over the awarding of the 2017 championships. He is a PSG board member. | Another BeIn Sports executive, Yousef Al-Obaidly, is also under investigation in France over the awarding of the 2017 championships. He is a PSG board member. |
| Mr Obaidly, quoted by his lawyer, called the allegations "utterly baseless and unsubstantiated" and said he would contest them. | Mr Obaidly, quoted by his lawyer, called the allegations "utterly baseless and unsubstantiated" and said he would contest them. |
| In January, Mr Al-Khelaifi was elected to the executive committee of European football's governing body Uefa. | |
| A lawyer for Mr Khelaifi denied any wrongdoing on the part of his client, saying the Oryx payments were fully transparent. | |
| "Nasser Al-Khelaifi was neither a shareholder, nor a director of Oryx in 2011. He did not intervene either directly or indirectly in the candidature of Doha," he said. | "Nasser Al-Khelaifi was neither a shareholder, nor a director of Oryx in 2011. He did not intervene either directly or indirectly in the candidature of Doha," he said. |
| PSG won the French Ligue 1 championship this season, but were knocked out of the Champions League by Manchester United. | PSG won the French Ligue 1 championship this season, but were knocked out of the Champions League by Manchester United. |