FIFA ‘block document release’

FIFA is blocking the release of a document that would reveal the identity of two officials who have been forced to repay bribes, according to a BBC investigation.

The officials repaid the money in a settlement following a Swiss criminal investigation last year, Panorama said. But lawyers acting for FIFA are contesting a decision by the Swiss prosecutor in Zug to release details of the agreement.

The settlement relates to bribes paid to senior FIFA officials in the 1990s by sports marketing company International Sports and Leisure (ISL), Panorama said.