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TI wants FIFA to launch new probe
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 26 - 07 - 2011

A global transparency watchdog says FIFA must investigate all football officials, including three executive committee members who were in Trinidad when Mohamed Bin Hammam allegedly tried to bribe Caribbean voters.
FIFA's ethics committee banned Bin Hammam for life Saturday, then asked FIFA to launch other cases because it doesn't have that independent power.
Transparency International (TI) adviser Sylvia Schenk told the Associated Press that “if Bin Hammam is punished for giving money, someone has to be punished for taking money.”
Schenk said “everything has to be investigated,” including those “having taken part in this meeting.”
FIFA executive members Worawi Makudi, Vernon Manilal Fernando and Hany Abou Rida accompanied Bin Hammam in Trinidad.
Menez joins PSG
Paris Saint-Germain unveiled the first new signings of the Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) era Monday when it presented French internationals Jeremy Menez and Blaise Matuidi to the media.
Menez, 24, arrives from Roma and will replace Ludovic Giuly on the right-hand side of the Paris attack after the veteran's contract was not renewed at the end of last season.
Defensive midfielder Matuidi, also 24, has been signed to take the place of former captain Claude Makelele, who has retired from football.
The pair join goalkeeper Nicolas Douchez and striker Kevin Gameiro as PSG's summer recruits, but are the first players to arrive since QSI completed their takeover of the club and appointed Leonardo as sporting director.
The bids to sign both players were reportedly instigated by PSG's former management team headed by ex-president Robin Leproux, who was forced to step down from his position by Leonardo's arrival.
Menez, who previously played for Sochaux and Monaco, is bidding to secure a place in Laurent Blanc's France squad for Euro 2012 after falling out of favour under interim Roma coach Vincenzo Montella in the second half of last season.


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