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Swiss prosecutors seek prison sentences for PSG chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi, ex-FIFA No 2 Jerome Valcke in corruption trial
• 4 years agoSwiss prosecutors called for a 28-month sentence for Al-Khelaifi, who is also president of beIN Media, and three years for Valcke as their trial moved into its final days
Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke tells Swiss trial of struggling 'with no income'
• 4 years agoValcke said he had struggled "with no income" since losing his job at FIFA in 2015. He said he had to sell his yacht and jewellery, and had been "unable to open a bank account in Europe" since 2017 — he divorced a year later so that his wife could.
TV rights trial of PSG chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi and ex-FIFA official Jerome Valcke begins in Switzerland
• 4 years agoAl-Khelaifi, who is also chairman of Qatar-owned broadcaster beIN Media, is charged with inciting Valcke to commit "aggravated criminal mismanagement."
FIFA ban former Deputy Secretary-General Markus Kattner for 10 years following probe into bonus payments
• 5 years agoThe 45-year-old Kattner, who holds German and Swiss citizenship, joined FIFA as Director of Finance in 2003 and four years later became Deputy Secretary-General.
Fresh investigation launched in Switzerland targetting former FIFA president Sepp Blatter
• 5 years agoFormer FIFA president Sepp Blatter is the target of a new investigation in Switzerland for suspected criminal mismanagement of a $1 million payment from football funds
Qatari football executive Nasser al-Khelaifi to undergo trial in September over involvement in World Cup TV rights corruption scanda
• 5 years agoAl-Khelaifi, the president of Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain who also runs Doha-based broadcaster beIN Sports Group, was charged in February with inciting Valcke to commit aggravated criminal mismanagement.
La Liga president urges UEFA to block election of Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi to executive committee
• 6 years agoLa Liga president Javier Tebas has urged UEFA to block the election of Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi to its executive committee.
Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter calls for Ethics Committee to investigate successor Gianni Infantino
• 6 years agoSepp Blatter, who led FIFA for 17 years, was banned from football in 2015 at the height of a massive corruption scandal. Infantino took over, promising a new transparent era of governance
Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber dismisses suspicion over meetings with FIFA president Gianni Infantino as 'normal and regular'
• 6 years agoAttorney general Michael Lauber told journalists that his meetings with FIFA President Gianni Infantino were normal and regular, especially in complex cases.
Former FIFA's Ethics Committee chief quits Swiss prosecution authority amid corruption probes against footballing body
• 6 years agoSince a raid on a luxury hotel in Zurich in May 2015 led to the arrests of a number of FIFA executives and shone the spotlight on the corrupt underbelly of world football, Switzerland has pursued a number of cases.