Emotional FIFA Official Hits Back Over Payments Scandal

FIFA President Sepp Blatter's right-hand man acknowledged on Wednesday signing off on $10 million in bank transactions at the center of an FBI investigation but said he had done nothing wrong. At times stuttering as he tried to control his frustration, FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke said he had been "destroyed" by media in his native France since the start of the FBI corruption probe at soccer's governing body. Although he signed off on the payments to an...

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