Heads of sports marketing firms to admit in US to paying bribes over FIFA broadcasts
By Samuel Rubenfeld ( August 25, 2026, 18:34 GMT | Insight) -- The father-and-son co-owners of an Argentine sports marketing company are expected to admit to paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to soccer officials to obtain media and marketing rights to soccer tournaments, according to unsealed US court documents. The father-and-son co-owners of an Argentine sports marketing company are expected to admit to paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to soccer officials to obtain media and marketing rights to soccer tournaments, according to unsealed US court documents....
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