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New accusations of secret payments to Fifa's World Cup decision-makers • Fifa officials accused of accepting ISL kickbacks• German newspaper lists three committee members involvedTwo European newspapers say they have obtained a document naming three Fifa executive committee members who allegedly received secret payments from world football's former marketing agency.The allegations come three days before the trio are to take part in Fifa's vote on the hosts for the 2018 and 2002 World Cups. Germany's Süddeutsche Zeitung identify them as Ricardo Teixeira of Brazil, Nicolás Léoz of Paraguay and Issa Hayatou of Cameroon.The reports say the men received kickbacks from the marketing agency ISL from 1988-99. ISL went bust in 2001. They say they obtained the same document that the BBC plans to feature in a Panorama documentary being aired tonight.Tonight the BBC reported that its Panorama programme would detail the payments allegedly made to the three officials.According to the BBC, Léoz, the head of South America's football confederation was named in court papers in connection with payments totalling $130,000 (£83,000). But Panorama claims to have obtained a confidential ISL document which lists 175 secret payments. It is alleged to show that Léoz was paid a further $600,000 (£384,000 using current conversions) in three instalments of $200,000. Léoz did not respond to requests for comment on Panorama's allegations.The second Fifa official named by the programme is Teixeira, head of the Brazilian Football Confederation which is responsible for staging the 2014 World Cup. Panorama claims the ISL list shows a front company in Liechtenstein called Sanud received 21 payments totalling $9.5m (£6m). Teixeira was closely linked to Sanud by an inquiry of the Brazilian senate in 2001.The list obtained by Panorama also includes details of 100,000 French Francs (£12,900) paid to Hayatou, the Fifa vice-president representing football in African nations. Hayatou also did not respond to the allegations when contacted by Panorama. Fifa also declined interview requests to address the allegations.FifaFootball politicsWorld Cup 2018World Cup 2022guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
BBC report: 3 World Cup voters accepted payments Three days before the vote on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts, FIFA was hit by further corruption allegations Monday when three senior officials ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
BBC documentary rocks England bid BBC documentary accuses three FIFA executives of corruption just days before the vote for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups takes place. foxsports.com.au |