• Allegations that Valcke agreed to sell tickets above face value
• Fifa has requested formal investigation by Ethics Committee into Valcke
Football’s crisis-hit world governing body has dramatically released its secretary general,Jérôme Valcke, Sepp Blatters upright-hand man since 2007, and from his duties “until further notice” in the wake of allegations involving the resale of World Cup tickets.
Fifa,in turmoil since a series of dramatic arrests in May and subsequent US corruption charges, said in a statement that Valcke had been put on leave after being implicated in a scheme to sell World Cup tickets above face value and share in the profits. He has denied the allegations through his lawyers.
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Source: theguardian.com