U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch listens during a news conference in Riga, Latvia, June 3, 2015. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/Files
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa confirmed on Wednesday it had given $10 million meant to help pay for the 2010 World Cup to a football official indicted last week in the United States, but said the payment was not a bribe as U.S. prosecutors allege.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula confirmed the contents of a leaked letter from the South African Football Association, which said money originally intended for organising the 2010 World Cup had been paid directly to former FIFA vice president Jack Warner.
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