Embattled former head of Costa Rican football Eduardo Li saw his bail request denied in a New York courtroom Wednesday morning. Prosecutors want him to pay at least double what his legal team offered.
Suspended UEFA chief Michel Platini on Thursday withdrew from the race to become FIFA president, saying he will concentrate on clearing his name instead.
FIFA's ethics watchdog will on Monday give a verdict against Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini with both facing lengthy bans over a suspect two million dollar payment.
El Salvador's former national football chief, Reynaldo Vásquez, was arrested Wednesday as part of a U.S. probe into multimillion-dollar corruption at FIFA, a senior Salvadoran police official said.
While former Costa Rica football exec Eduardo Li sits in a Swiss jail awaiting possible extradition to the U.S. to face money laundering charges, trouble may be brewing at home, too.
Alfredo Hawit of Honduras and Juan Angel Napout of Paraguay were arrested at the Hotel Baur au Lac at the request of U.S. authorities on suspicion of accepting millions of dollars in bribes for selling marketing rights to football tournaments in Latin America.
