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Hector Trujillo, the former general secretary of the Football Federation of Guatemala (FENAFUTG), has become the first person to be sentenced in the US as part of the investigation into global football corruption.

Former Football Federation of Guatemala (FENAFUTG) general secretary Hector Trujillo has become the latest official to plead guilty to crimes associated with the global football corruption investigation.

Former Guatemalan Football Association (FENAFUTG) president Brayan Jiménez has become the latest ex-Fifa official to be handed a life ban by world football’s governing body.

CONCACAF, the football body that represents North, Central American and Caribbean countries, has called for FIFA to award the region an extra place at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Sochi’s bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games will receive the personal backing of Russian president Vladimir Putin when the IOC meet next month.

Sochi (Russia), Salzburg (Austria) and PyeongChang (Republic of Korea) were today accepted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board in Lausanne as Candidate Cities to host the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014. The cities were accepted unanimously from a total of seven Applicant Cities, which also included Jaca (Spain), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Sofia (Bulgaria), and Borjomi (Georgia).

Infront has concluded a new mobile broadcast deal for a host of Latin America territories ahead of next month’s FIFA World Cup.

Summer Olympic cities could choose some of the sports for their Games under a proposal to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF).

The race is hotting up for the right to host the 13th Olympic Congress in 2009, with a decision due at this month’s IOC Session in Torino.

TelefC3nica S.A. has agreed a package of new media broadcast rights covering all 64 matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup for almost all territories in Latin and South America.

Bids from PyeongChang, South Korea, and Salzburg, Austria, are said to hold big leads over five other rivals in the race for the 2014 Olympics.

Bids from PyeongChang, South Korea, and Salzburg, Austria, are said to hold big leads over five other rivals in the race for the 2014 Olympics.

Editorial director Kevin Roberts reviews issues from the past seven days.

The initial field for the 2014 Winter Olympics will be set on July 28, 2005.

Infront Sports & Media has reached agreement with OTI (OrganizaciC3n de Telecomunicaciones Iberoamericanas) for the broadcast rights to the 2006 FIFA World Cup across Central and South America.

FIFA has voiced mounting concerns over government interference in the affairs of football associations.