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Soccer-South Africa confirms payment to FIFA official, denies it was a bribe

Yahoo! Sports | June 3, 2015

Related Topics: FIFA, South Africa, Caribbean Football Union, 2010 FIFA World Cup, CONCACAF

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By Mark Gleeson

JOHANNESBURG, June 3 (Reuters) - South Africa confirmed on Wednesday it had given $10 million meant to help pay for the 2010 World Cup to a soccer official indicted last week in the United States, but said the payment was not a bribe as U.

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