Kuwaiti Olympic Organizer Resigns from FIFA Role Over Bribery Scandal

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Friday, May 5, 2017
Author: 
Jacob Rasch
Volume: 
33
Issue: 
5
Abstract: 
On Sunday, April 30, 2017, Sheik Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah announced that he was resigning from his post on the governing council for the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the governing body for international soccer, after his possible involvement in bribery and corruption was revealed by the U.S. Department of Justice probe into corruption within FIFA.