terça-feira, 30 de novembro de 2010

IOC to pursue FIFA corruption claims


(CNN) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed Tuesday it intends to refer the latest allegations of corruption involving officials of world football's governing body FIFA, to its ethics commission.
According to a report by the BBC, Issa Hayatou -- who is a long-term IOC member, the FIFA vice president and the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) -- accepted $15,000 as a bribe in 1995 from a marketing company.
The IOC responded to the claim by requesting the evidence the British broadcaster had gathered on the African executive for further analysis.
"The IOC has taken note of the allegations made by [the] BBC and will ask the program makers to pass on any evidence they may have to the appropriate authorities," the body said in a statement to CNN.
"The IOC has a zero tolerance against corruption and will refer the matter to the IOC ethics commission," the statement added. CNN