South Africa's sports minister says FIFA should retract its statement that a bribe was paid when the country won the right to host the 2010 World Cup. In a restitution claim lodged in the United States, FIFA highlighted a $10 million payment from the South African Football Association as a bribe. Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula reiterated the South African government's position that the money was meant for an ''Africa Diaspora program'' in the Caribbean.
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