Friday, December 9, 2016

Russian official Mutko seeks to retain FIFA Council seat (The Associated Press)

Alasdair Bell, director of legal affairs, speaks at at a press conference after the meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee at the Headquarters, in Nyon, Switzerland, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. (Leo Duperrex/Keystone via AP)

Under fire for his role in Russia's state doping program, Vitaly Mutko has begun the process of a FIFA integrity check to be an election candidate. Mutko, who heads Russian operations to organize the 2018 World Cup, has been elected by European soccer leaders since 2009 to represent them on FIFA's ruling committee. On Friday, Mutko was implicated in widespread evidence detailed by Canadian investigator Richard McLaren that he oversaw a state-backed doping program as sports minister.


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