Former Star Gave Evidence That Led to Probe of Soccer in Brazil
- World Cup winner sent documents about Del Nero to FIFA
- FIFA opened probe into Brazil soccer head on Nov. 23
Former Brazilian football star and current senator Romario attends the opening session of the parliamentary committee of inquiry into corruption in the Brazilian football and the 2014 World Cup organizing committee, at the National congress in Brasilia on July 14, 2015, where Romario was elected as president of the commission.
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Brazil’s World Cup-winning striker-turned-senator Romario supplied the evidence that led to soccer’s governing body opening a corruption probe into the country’s soccer association president, Marco Polo del Nero.