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PARIS (AP) – A person close to the situation said that FIFA Vice President Ahmad had been arrested in Paris one day before the start of the Women's World Cup.
The person said the president of the African Football Confederation was arrested Thursday morning in the French capital for interrogation. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not allowed to discuss the situation in public.
The African newspaper Jeune Afrique first reported that Ahmad had been arrested as part of a corruption investigation.
FIFA is struggling to emerge from the corruption crisis that erupted after the arrest of officials in May 2015. Four years later, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Wednesday in Paris that "no one talk about scandal, nobody talks about corruption. "
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