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Former FIFA VP Jeffrey Webb Facing Lifetime Ban From Football

Former FIFA VP Jeffrey Webb "is facing a lifetime ban from football" after FIFA's ethics committee opened proceedings against him, according to the BBC. In November, Webb, 51, "pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy, three of wire fraud conspiracy and three of money laundering conspiracy." The former president of CONCACAF, who is from the Cayman Islands, was one of seven people arrested in Zurich in May last year "before FIFA's annual congress" (BBC, 5/4). REUTERS' Brian Homewood wrote FIFA's ethics investigators, led by Swiss lawyer Cornel Borbely, "have also conducted their own investigation into the conduct of Webb." FIFA's ethics committee said, "The final report was transmitted to the (ethics committee) adjudicatory chamber on 26 April 2016, with a recommended sanction of a lifelong ban from all football-related activities." Webb "will now be invited to submit his version of the case to chief ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert, whose chamber will decide on sanctions" (REUTERS, 5/4).

COURT REJECTS PETITION
: The AP reported Paraguay's top court "rejected a petition" by former CONMEBOL President Nicolas Leoz to halt his extradition to the U.S. Leoz "is being held under house arrest in Paraguay." He "is accused of receiving millions in bribes and kickbacks and was among dozens of top officials indicted in the FIFA corruption scandal." Leoz's lawyer Ricardo Preda said that "his petition was turned down, but that he would continue to appeal against the extradition" (AP, 5/3).

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