Turkish court detains football refereeing chief pending corruption trial
- Seven officials face an investigation over allegations of manipulation of the referee administration process in Turkish league football.
- The head of Turkiye’s football refereeing body and four other officials have been placed in pretrial detention by a court as part of a corruption investigation, the state news agency Anadolu reports.
- Ferhat Gundogdu, head of the Central Referees Committee, and six others appeared before a judge over allegations of manipulation of the referee administration process, Anadolu said on Saturday.
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- Seven officials face an investigation over allegations of manipulation of the referee administration process in Turkish league football.
- The head of Turkiye’s football refereeing body and four other officials have been placed in pretrial detention by a court as part of a corruption investigation, the state news agency Anadolu reports.
- Ferhat Gundogdu, head of the Central Referees Committee, and six others appeared before a judge over allegations of manipulation of the referee administration process, Anadolu said on Saturday.
Sources: Al Jazeera