NEW YORK (AP) " The former head of the Costa Rican soccer federation pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiracy and other charges accusing him of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to award lucrative marketing contracts. Eduardo Li became the latest soccer official to plead guilty in a scandal that's shaken FIFA, the sport's governing body. "I knew it was wrong of me to accept such undisclosed payments," Li told U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen. Li, who was arrested last year in Zurich, is among about 20 soccer officials indicted in the corruption case. More than a dozen have pleaded guilty, while another eight are fighting extradition from overseas.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 07, 2016 18:56 UTC