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FIFA whistleblower Chuck Blazer's testimony highlights past World Cup bribery

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FIFA whistleblower Chuck Blazer says that bribery scandals also surround the 1998 and 2010 World Cups.

FIFA whistleblower Chuck Blazer's 2013 guilty plea to corruption charges has been published, highlighting admissions of bribery and racketeering.

The former CONCACAF general secretary claims that he and his co-conspirators accepted bribes related to the selection of France as the host nation for the 1998 World Cup, and South Africa for the 2010 tournament.

"I agreed with other persons in or around 1992 to facilitate the acceptance of a bribe in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup," reads Blazer's testimony, which has been made public by the US Department of Justice.

"Beginning in, or around, 2004 and continuing to 2011, I and others on the FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup."

Blazer also claims that he accepted bribes and kickbacks in relation to the television rights for the CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003.

"I and others agree that I or a co-conspirator would commit at least two acts of racketeering activity," he said.

"While acting in our official capacities we agreed to participate in a scheme to defraud FIFA and CONCACAF on the right to honest services by taking undisclosed bribes."

Former FIFA official Blazer, Daryan Warner, Daryll Warner and Jose Hawilla have all pleaded guilty to the charges brought forward by the US authorities.

Earlier this week, FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced that he is stepping down from the scandal-hit organisation.

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