Fourth FIFA official faces extradition to the US

Switzerland has decided to extradite Eduardo Li, a former president of Costa Rica’s football federation, to the United States as part of a criminal investigation into football's world governing body, FIFA.  The Federal Justice Office said on Tuesday that the legal conditions were fulfilled to hand over Li who was arrested in Zurich in May - together with six other FIFA officials - and has been held in custody since.  The US submitted a formal extradition request on July 1 that is based on an arrest warrant issued in May by the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York. Li faces accusations of accepting bribes in connection with the sale of marketing rights for World Cup 2018 qualifiers to a US sports marketing company.  By accepting bribes, Li is guilty of market distortion because the Costa Rican football federation was unable to negotiate a more favourable contract for media rights with other sports marketing firms. This constitutes what is termed ...