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| Fifa corruption scandal live: Football body paid Irish FA '€5m' to not take legal action over Thierry Henry handball | Fifa corruption scandal live: Football body paid Irish FA '€5m' to not take legal action over Thierry Henry handball |
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| • Fifa paid FAI to not launch legal action over Henry handball | • Fifa paid FAI to not launch legal action over Henry handball |
| • Venezuela prosecutors raid office of former soccer boss | • Venezuela prosecutors raid office of former soccer boss |
| • FBI ‘to investigate’ 2014 World Cup as part of corruption probe | |
| • 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' |
| • David Beckham hits out a 'despicable' Fifa corruption | • David Beckham hits out a 'despicable' Fifa corruption |
| • Blazer's explosive testimony lifts lid on decades of bribery | |
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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.” |