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CONCACAF chief agrees to extradition

Xinhua, January 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

The president of the North, Central America and Caribbean football confederation CONCACAF has agreed to be extradited to the US, authorities said on Wednesday.

Alfredo Hawit was among 16 football officials charged with corruption by the US justice department last month.

Investigators allege the Honduran took multimillion-dollar bribes in exchange for awarding lucrative tournament marketing rights.

South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) president Juan Angel Napout, who was also among those charged, agreed to be extradited on December 7.

Both Napout and Hawit are currently serving a 90-day ban imposed by the ethics committee of world football's governing body FIFA.

The Zurich-based entity has been rocked by allegations of fraud, bribery and money laundering since Swiss police arrested seven top football officials in May.

In June, FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced he would resign, just days after he was reelected to a fifth term.

Blatter has also been suspended by the ethics committee, as has FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke and European football chief Michel Platini. All have denied any wrongdoing. Endit