PARIS — The president of Africa’s soccer confederation, a FIFA vice president, was detained for questioning in Paris early Thursday, a day before the start of the Women’s World Cup. The official, Ahmad Ahmad, was picked up at a luxury hotel by the police as part of a corruption investigation that grew out of allegations of wrongdoing made by his former deputy at the Confederation of African Football, Amr Fahmy. FIFA confirmed Ahmad had been detained, but said it was “unaware of the details surrounding this investigation and is therefore not in a position to make any comment on it specifically.”“FIFA has taken note of the alleged events concerning Mr. Ahmad Ahmad, who is being questioned by the French authorities in relation to allegations related to his mandate while President of CAF,” the soccer body said in a statement.

Source: New York Times June 06, 2019 13:52 UTC