Friday, 31 August 2018

Official in Fifa bribery scandal jailed for nine years over football racketeering

• Ex-president of South American governing body took bribes
• Sentence handed down by court in New York

A former South American football official has been sentenced to nine years in prison on charges arising out of the sprawling Fifa bribery scandal.

Juan Ángel Napout of Paraguay was sentenced in New York on Wednesday. A jury convicted him late last year of racketeering and other charges stemming from a corruption scandal that shook the sport’s international governing body.

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