The corruption scandal sweeping world soccer engulfed Germany as FIFA said Friday that it would investigate "very serious allegations" that voters were bribed to win the 2006 World Cup bid. The latest claims of wrongdoing linked to soccer's governing body broke as suspended president Sepp Blatter went public with his fight to get his FIFA ethics case thrown out. Blatter may have deepened the prospect of a long ban by admitting there was only a "gentleman's agreement" for the...
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