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Former top Fifa official Chuck Blazer has detailed his bribe-taking, racketeering and money laundering as part of a guilty plea in New York.
He says that he and others on Fifa's executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the choice of South Africa as 2010 World Cup host.
Mr Blazer says he also accepted bribes over the 1998 event.
Blazer was suspended in disgrace in 2013, the beginning of his rapid downfall, he had forged a reputation as a man who abused his lofty position to enjoy the high life of private jets, five-star hotels and lavish holidays.
The US has launched a wide-ranging criminal case that engulfed Fifa and led President Sepp Blatter to resign …. http://www.bbc.com