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Former South American football chief Nicolas Leoz passes away amidst ongoing investigation into FIFA corruption scandal involvement

Leoz had been under house arrest in Asuncion in connection with the scandal and was suspected of receiving millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for marketing and TV rights for games

FIFA corruption trial: New York jury acquits Peru's former football boss Manuel Burga

The panel cleared Manuel Burga, former head of Peru's football federation and ex-FIFA development committee member, on one count of racketeering conspiracy on the seventh day of deliberations in New York.

FIFA Trials: From Sepp Blatter to Manuel Burga, former officials involved in the global corruption scandal

US prosecutors indicted 42 football and sports marketing executives for allegedly receiving millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.

FIFA trial into charges of wire fraud, money laundering set to begin in Brooklyn on Monday

It will be a hugely complicated trial, expected to last weeks if not months, with prosecutors expected to present 350,000 pages of evidence and dozens of witnesses.