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Some of the latest from FIFAgate
http://www.bbc.com/news/32998735Fifa crisis: Ex-official Chuck Blazer details bribe-taking
5 minutes ago
From the section US and Canada
Breaking news
The guilty pleas of former top Fifa official Chuck Blazer have been detailed with the release of papers from a 2013 hearing in New York.
He says that he and others on Fifa's executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the choice of South Africa as 2010 World Cup host.
Mr Blazer says he also accepted bribes over the 1998 event.
The US has launched a wide-ranging criminal case that engulfed Fifa and led President Sepp Blatter to resign.
The details of the guilty pleas came as prosecutors unsealed the transcript of the 2013 hearing in the Eastern New York District Court.
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