RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The Brazilian Football Confederation removed the name of Jose Maria Marin from the facade of its Rio de Janeiro headquarters, one day after its former president was arrested in a huge FIFA corruption investigation.
A CBF spokesman said the organization will release a statement later on Thursday to explain the change at its headquarters, a luxury building inaugurated last year when Marin was still the head of the confederation.
Calls for the renaming of the building emerged on Wednesday after Marin and six other FIFA officials were arrested on U.S. corruption charges and faced extradition from Switzerland.