IOC to investigate Fifa vice president Issa Hayatou over bribery claims

IOC to investigate Fifa vice president Issa Hayatou over bribery claims

 Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The International Olympic Committee will investigate Fifa vice president Issa Hayatou over allegations he took bribes from Fifa's former marketing agency.

The IOC says it will ask the BBC to pass on evidence from Monday's Panorama investigation into alleged Fifa corruption.

Hayatou, a longstanding IOC member and president of Africa's football confederation, allegedly received 100,000 French francs from the ISL agency in 1995.

The IOC says it has zero tolerance for corruption and will refer the matter to its ethics commission.
Hayatou and two other Fifa executive committee members alleged by the BBC to have taken payments will vote on Thursday for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts.