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FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2017 file photo FIFA president Gianni Infantino, right, and Vitaly Mutko, Russian Federation Deputy Prime Minister &amp; Local Organising Committee Chairman attend the 2018 soccer World Cup draw in the Kremlin in Moscow. On Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 IOC imposed a lifetime Olympic ban on Mutko. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

European lawmakers slam FIFA, IOC for leadership issues

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Into 4th week of FIFA trial, prosecutors near end of case

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Brazilian businessman details FIFA bribery at US trial

By TOM HAYS - Associated Press

Russian police officers patrol the Manezh Square at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. The Final Draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia will take place on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)

Beleaguered World Cup gets weak opener: Russia-Saudi Arabia

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

The mascot of the 2018 World Cup, the wolf named Zabivaka, is placed at the entrance of Kutafya Tower in Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. The Final Draw for the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia will take place on December 1 in the concert hall of the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russia won’t have contact with doping controls at World Cup

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Brazil's Gremio soccer player Luan raises his team's trophy after winning the Copa Libertadores championship following a game with Argentina's Lanus in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Stars of South American champions Gremio eye European move

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

A signpost directing people to the entrance of the World Cup Final Draw is placed on the Red Square, with the St. Basil cathedral in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017. The Final Draw for the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia will take place on December 1 in the concert hall of the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Putin welcomes soccer world to Kremlin for World Cup draw

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 27, 2010 file photo, Reynald Temarii of Tahiti, the president of Oceania's confederation, speaks at the welcoming ceremony for the FIFA World Cup Trophy on its one-day visit to Auckland, New Zealand. French police have questioned former FIFA vice president Reynald Temarii in their ongoing investigation of suspected corruption in the award of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Rowland, File)

Former FIFA VP questioned in 2022 World Cup probe

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

FILE- In this Monday, Nov. 13, 2017 file photo, Italy's goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, left, and Federico Bernardeschi react to their team's elimination in the World Cup qualifying play-off second leg soccer match between Italy and Sweden, at the Milan San Siro stadium, Italy. FIFA's top salesman insists the 2018 World Cup will make its income target even after taking a financial hit from Italy and the United States failing to qualify. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Amid troubled WCup sales, FIFA set to hit $5.66B target

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Vitaly Mutko, Russian Federation Deputy Prime Minister &amp; Local Organising Committee Chairman reacts walking inside a metro train branded for the 2018 World Cup during a ceremony in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Column: Russia yet to regain trust of sport before World Cup

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Soccer corruption trial continues as FIFA gathers in Russia

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Peru's players celebrate after a play-off qualifying match for the 2018 Russian World Cup against New Zealand in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Peru beat New Zealand 2-0 to win a two-leg playoff and earn the 32nd and last spot in the World Cup field in Russia.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)7

FIFA reminds World Cup-bound Peru about government meddling

Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 file photo, Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) speaks at the European Olympic Committees General Assembly in Minsk, Belarus. Three soccer officials who pleaded guilty in American courts to accepting bribes were banned for life by the FIFA ethics committee on Tuesday Nov. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

FIFA bans 3 soccer officials for life for taking bribes

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Jose Maria Marin leaves federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. Marin, of Brazil, is one of three former South American soccer officials on trial in a U.S. case highlighting widespread corruption in the sport's governing body. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

World Cup bribes, death threats: Corrupt world of FIFA

By GRAHAM DUNBAR and ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Referee Ovidiu Alin Hategan speaks to Switzerland's Granit Xhaka during the World Cup qualifying play-off first leg soccer match between Northern Ireland and Switzerland at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday Nov. 9, 2017. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)

FIFA leaves playoff controversy referee off World Cup list

Associated Press

FILE- In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012, file photo, former Engalnd soccer player Gary Lineker speaks ahead of the draw for the London 2012 Olympic Soccer tournament, at Wembley Stadium in London. FIFA has announced Friday Nov. 17, 2017, that Lineker and Russian sports journalist Maria Komandnaya will jointly present the World Cup draw in Moscow on Dec. 1. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, FILE)

FIFA critic Lineker picked to host World Cup draw in Moscow

Associated Press

The Latest: Witness says soccer bribes totaled $160 million

Associated Press

CAS rules FIFA wrong to fine Mexico for fans’ gay slur chant

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Wednesday, May 10, 2017 file photo of German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert, left, and Swiss prosecutor Cornel Borbely as they speak after a FIFA ethics press conference in Manama, Bahrain. The prosecutor and judge removed from FIFA’s ethics committee in May have set up an agency to advise on integrity in sports. The Sports Governance Unit says German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert and Swiss prosecutor Cornel Borbely will lead the Zurich-based firm. (AP Photo/Rob Harris/File)

Fired FIFA ethics officials set up advice agency in Zurich

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 14, 2015, file photo, CONMEBOL delegate Roger Bello, of Bolivia, left, talks with Boca Juniors goalkeeper Agustin Orion, center, and Alejandro Burzaco, president of Torneos y Competencias, during a Copa Libertadores soccer match between Boca Juniors and River Plate, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Burzaco, the former CEO of a marketing firm based in Argentina, testified Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, at the U.S. trial of three former South American soccer officials accused of taking bribes in a sprawling corruption investigation of FIFA, that Fox was among several media companies paying bribes through sham contracts for the Copa America and other events. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)

Bail tightened for official in FIFA soccer bribery case

By TOM HAYS - Associated Press