Tag: Jose Maria Marin

• Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 06:54 UTC

  Ex president of Brazilian football federation banned for life by FIFA

  

  World football's governing body Fifa on Monday issued a lifetime ban on José Maria Marin, the former president of the Brazil federation. The 86-year-old was jailed for four years last August in New York after being found guilty of corruption.

• Saturday, December 23rd 2017 - 10:37 UTC

  Brazil and Paraguay soccer executives sentenced in US on corruption charges

  

  Two former top South American football executives have been found guilty of multiple charges at a US trial into corruption in the sport: Jose Maria Marin, the former head of Brazil's Football Confederation (CBF), and Paraguay's Juan Ángel Napout, who led South America's football governing body Conmebol, were convicted on Friday.

• Thursday, December 10th 2015 - 12:01 UTC

  Brazilian congress joins FIFA investigation; CBF former head will give evidence next week

  

  A former head of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) who was indicted in the United States last week in an investigation into corruption in FIFA and the business of soccer, has agreed to give evidence to Brazil's Congress, Senator Romario said on Wednesday.