Abo Rida’s election to FIFA Committee under fire

A former member of FIFA's Governance Committee alleges that there are “serious allegations” concerning the election of Egypt's Hany Abo Rida to the FIFA Council in May, BBC reports. Abo Rida’s opponent in the elections had alleged that he threw a party and flew in delegations from the other federations, a violation of FIFA’s election regulations. Miguel Maduro, who was ousted as chair of FIFA's Governance Committee in May, made the claims when addressing a British parliamentary committee on Wednesday and said “we intended to investigate the matter.”