MARSEILLE/PARIS (Reuters) - French authorities released the head of African soccer's ruling body, Ahmad Ahmad, after several hours' questioning as part of a corruption investigation, a source at the prosecutor's office said on Friday.
The 59-year-old president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) was detained by authorities at his hotel in Paris on Thursday but released by the investigating magistrate in the evening, the source told Reuters.
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