Rafael Esquivel, the former president of Venezuela’s soccer federation, has agreed to be extradited from Switzerland to the United States to face corruption charges, a Swiss justice official said. Esquivel was arrested in Zurich in May in an investigation of world soccer and FIFA, the sport’s top governing body.
u25a0 Citigroup said it had received questions from federal authorities investigating the role of financial institutions in alleged corruption and money laundering involving FIFA. The company said it was cooperating with the investigation. (REUTERS)
u25a0 The Spanish prosecutor José Javier Polo asked a judge to open an investigation into possible tax evasion by Xabi Alonso, a former midfielder for the Spanish national team.