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On December 13 2017 17:52 GoloSC2 wrote:


stöger peter best peter

On December 14 2017 03:56 clusen wrote:

neururer peter best peter!

On December 14 2017 16:26 sharkie wrote:


the real question is whether they are going to break arsenal's invincibles or not

On December 14 2017 16:46 sharkie wrote:
best midfield in the world? How is that?
What makes their midfield better than Kroos/Modric/Casemiro/Isco?

On December 14 2017 16:46 sharkie wrote:
best midfield in the world? How is that?
What makes their midfield better than Kroos/Modric/Casemiro/Isco?

On December 14 2017 16:46 sharkie wrote:
best midfield in the world? How is that?
What makes their midfield better than Kroos/Modric/Casemiro/Isco?

On December 14 2017 16:46 sharkie wrote:
best midfield in the world? How is that?
What makes their midfield better than Kroos/Modric/Casemiro/Isco?

On December 14 2017 07:47 Dav1oN wrote:
btw how's Yarmolenko playing? i've got only laliga/epl subscriptions

On December 14 2017 17:41 Pandemona wrote:

Scored some winners for them already in the few games they have won from what i seen. I thought he would be a big impact player for them due to he has always been very solid and now he is playing with very good players around him. Think he comes off the bench a bit though.

Senior executives at Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox corporation are alleged to have agreed for millions of dollars in bribes to be paid to South American soccer officials to secure major broadcast deals, according to US prosecution documents.

The documents form part of the sprawling US investigation into corruption in world football, and for the first time reveal the executives’ alleged role in the scheme.

The three men were named in a previously unreported court filing, which alleges they took part in a bribery-for-broadcasting-rights scheme that is detailed by the US justice department in separate documents that shield the identities of certain organizations and individuals.

US prosecutors say that the multimillion-dollar payments helped an offshore partnership involving Fox – T&T Sports Marketing Limited – obtain the lucrative rights to televise South America’s premier club competition, the Copa Libertadores, which is watched by over a billion football fans worldwide and has launched the careers of numerous international stars including Pelé and Neymar.

Neither Fox nor any of the identified executives have been charged by US authorities. Fox Sports said in a statement that it “did not participate in any wrongdoing”, but declined to answer a series of detailed questions submitted by the Guardian.

The company and the three executives have been accused of involvement in bribery via an ongoing civil case brought against Fox and others by a rival broadcaster, Gol TV, which is based in Florida. The company claims to have unfairly lost out on media rights due to the alleged kickbacks.

Fox Sports said it was “vigorously defending” the complaint.

However, the criminal trial of three former South American soccer chiefs in New York , as well as hundreds of pages of court documents connected to the civil case, company records and contracts reviewed by the Guardian, has shed new light on the Fox executives’ alleged role in the scheme.

Torneos y Competencias, the Argentinian media company that partnered with Fox through T&T, is also being sued in the separate civil case. But Torneos has already admitted wrongdoing for its part in the scandal as part of the criminal investigation, and has agreed to pay US authorities a large fine in order to avoid prosecution.

As part of this written deal, known as a “deferred prosecution agreement”, Fox’s former business partner has signed off on a series of “agreed facts” between the company and the US government, which the parties agreed are accurate for the purposes of the prosecution. These facts include anonymous references to individuals allegedly involved in the scheme.