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FIFA and UEFA said on Thursday that suspended Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President ÁNGEL MARÍA VILLAR "resigned from his senior roles with FIFA and UEFA following his arrest in Spain last week." Villar, his son GORKA and two other football federation execs were detained on July 18 on "allegations of collusion, embezzlement and falsifying documents" (REUTERS, 7/27). ... Sports management company SRi announced former Man City Technical Dir MIKE RIGG joined the firm as global football adviser and will focus on working with the firm's list of football clients in North America, Europe, the U.K. and Asia. Rigg has served in roles from chief scout and academy manager to chief football officer, technical director and head of talent management for Man City, Fulham the FA and the FA of Wales (SRi). 

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