LONDON: FIFA’s ethics committee will investigate claims by former English Football Association chairman David Triesman that Spain is trying to bribe referees at the World Cup.
Triesman quit Sunday after being secretly tape-recorded by a tabloid newspaper suggesting Russia was going to help Spain bribe referees at the World Cup in return for gaining its rival’s support in the race to host the 2018 or 2022 tournament.
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