Carlo Tavecchio, who quit as head of Italian football on Monday, was accused of sexual harassment by a former executive of the federation in an interview published on Tuesday. The woman, given the pseudonym “Mary” by Milan daily Corriere della Sera described an encounter with Tavecchio in his office at the federation’s headquarters in Rome. “I went into his office to talk about football,” she said. On Monday, Tavecchio, who is 74, finally heeded calls to go following Italy’s elimination in a World Cup playoff against Sweden a week earlier. Before becoming head of the federation, Tavecchio ran Italy’s amateur football leagues.

Source: The Guardian November 21, 2017 15:11 UTC