GENEVA (AP) – Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi was charged Thursday by Swiss federal prosecutors in connection with a wider bribery investigation linked to FIFA and World Cup television rights.
The office of Switzerland's attorney general filed an indictment charging Al-Khelaifi with inciting former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke ''to commit aggravated criminal mismanagement.''
The Qatari soccer and television executive, however, no longer faces an accusation of bribery. Following a three-year investigation, FIFA reached an ''unspecified amicable agreement'' with Al-Khelaifi last month, prosecutors said, to drop its criminal complaint relating to the awarding of 2026 and 2030 World Cup rights to Qatari broadcaster BeIN Sports.