New Zealand Football executives have labelled the corruption controversy embroiling world soccer’s governing body FIFA as “serious” and said they were “monitoring the situation” ahead of the under-20 World Cup.
The tournament begins in New Zealand on Saturday with 24 teams playing 52 games over three weeks. FIFA was thrown into turmoil in Switzerland on Wednesday when local police arrested seven senior officials at the request of United States authorities for alleged corruption involving more than $150 million in bribes over 24 years.
The controversy has tainted the world governing body’s Congress, which will hold a presidential election on Friday. New …read more
Source: Daily News & Analysis
