FILE PHOTO - Football Soccer - Paris St Germain v Montpellier - French Ligue 1 - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - 22/4/17 - Paris St Germain's charmain and CEO Nasser Al-Khelaifi poses before the match. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris offices of BeIN Sports were searched on Thursday as part of a criminal probe against former FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke and Qatar’s beIN Media Chief Executive Nasser Al-Khelaifi, French authorities said.
The French financial prosecutor's office issued a statement on Thursday saying that two of its representatives, along with other French officials dealing with anti-corruption and tax avoidance affairs, had carried out the search.
