On Friday, a Swiss federal court acquitted Nasser Al-Khelaifi of Qatar, president of French club Paris Saint-Germain and BN media group, on charges of corruption in a TV rights case for the 2026 and 2030 World Cups.

The court also acquitted former FIFA general secretary Jérôme Valcke of the same charges, but gave him an 11-month suspended prison sentence on charges of bribery and forgery in a separate case.

In turn, the prosecution stated that Falk committed to “do everything in his power” to have beIN become the exclusive carrier in the region for two World Cups, an agreement reached on 29 April 2014 that FIFA has not challenged since. then.

Falk was also accused of using his position at FIFA between 2013 and 2015 to influence the granting of television rights in Italy and Greece for various versions of the World Cup and other tournaments scheduled between 2018 and 2030,” in exchange for receiving 1.25 million euros in three installments from the Greek businessman Dinos Deris, who staged “It” is also important to him.