BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Spain’s sports authority is seeking the temporary removal of the president of the Spanish Football Federation after his arrest and imprisonment in an anti-corruption investigation.
The Higher Council for Sports said it will ask Spain’s administrative court for sports to open a disciplinary procedure against the executives of the Spanish soccer federation, which has been headed by president Angel Maria Villar for almost three decades.
The council said that after knowing the court’s decision, it plans to call a meeting of its own executive committee to agree on the temporary suspension of Villar and the other federation executives.