FIFA rocked by corruption claims

THE pressure is mounting on FIFA after the organisation became embroiled in a scandal involving a senior figure for the third time this year.

In the latest controversy, Dr Nicolas Leoz, South American federation president and a FIFA executive committee member, has been alleged to have received £90,000 (€134,000) in sweeteners.

The 78-year-old has been named as having received two payments relating to television rights in a report by Swiss magistrates investigating the collapse of FIFA’s former marketing partner ISMM/ISL.