FIFA looks into bribery in World Cup vote claims
Posted Sunday, October 17, 2010 by YAHOO Sport
LONDON (AP)—FIFA says it will examine evidence from a British newspaper which alleges that two FIFA executive committee members offered to sell their votes in World Cup bidding.
The Sunday Times claims that Amos Adamu of Nigeria and Oceania Football Confederation president Reynald Temarii asked for money to fund projects. The reporters were posing as working for an American businessman.
FIFA responded by saying that it “will immediately analyze the material available and only once this analysis has concluded will FIFA be able to decide on any potential next steps.”
Adamu and Temarii, who could not be reached for comment, are on the 24-member committee which votes on the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in Zurich in December.
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