Panorama accuses FIFA World Cup trio of accepting bribes

THREE senior FIFA officials who will vote on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids allegedly took bribes in the 1990s, according to the BBC’s Panorama.

Nicolas Leoz, Issa Hayatou and Ricardo Teixeira took the money from a sport marketing firm awarded lucrative World Cup rights, the programme, broadcast last night, alleges.

The alleged bribes are included in a confidential document listing 175 payments totalling about $100m (€76,000). The three men did not respond to Panorama’s allegations. FIFA also declined to address the allegations.