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| Fifa corruption scandal live: Football body paid Irish FA '€5m' to not take legal action over Thierry Henry handball | |
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| Here are the latest updates: | Here are the latest updates: |
| • Fifa paid FAI to not launch legal action over Henry handball | |
| • Venezuela prosecutors raid office of former soccer boss | |
| • England 'could host 2022 World Cup', government says | • England 'could host 2022 World Cup', government says |
| • Former Fifa official Warner 'fears for his life' | • Former Fifa official Warner 'fears for his life' |
| • Marta: Next Fifa president 'could be a woman' | • Marta: Next Fifa president 'could be a woman' |
| • David Beckham hits out a 'despicable' Fifa corruption | • David Beckham hits out a 'despicable' Fifa corruption |
| • Chuck Blazer exposes bribery in explosive testimony | • Chuck Blazer exposes bribery in explosive testimony |
| • FBI probing how Russia and Qatar were awarded World Cups | • FBI probing how Russia and Qatar were awarded World Cups |
| • South Africa gives press conference denying bribe | • South Africa gives press conference denying bribe |
| • Interpol issues wanted person alerts for former Fifa officials | • Interpol issues wanted person alerts for former Fifa officials |
| • FBI confirms that it is investigating Blatter | • FBI confirms that it is investigating Blatter |
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| Last night the FBI’s key informant Chuck Blazer laid bare the decades-long schemes of bribery and back-handers that stretch all the way from France 1998 to South Africa 2010 and, probably, beyond. | Last night the FBI’s key informant Chuck Blazer laid bare the decades-long schemes of bribery and back-handers that stretch all the way from France 1998 to South Africa 2010 and, probably, beyond. |
| In forty pages of explosive testimony, the corrupt American football official Chuck Blazer admitted “accepting bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as host of the 2010 World Cup” and also to “facilitating the acceptance of a bribe in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup.” | In forty pages of explosive testimony, the corrupt American football official Chuck Blazer admitted “accepting bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as host of the 2010 World Cup” and also to “facilitating the acceptance of a bribe in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup.” |