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Patrick Andres

FIFA Trial Witness: Fox Used Inside Info for World Cup Rights

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Fox used inside information from FIFA to secure the rights to televise the World Cup in the United States, a former sports marketing executive testified in federal court according to a Friday evening report from The New York Times.

Alejandro Burzaco, a former banker acting as a witness for the justice department, told officials that he acted as an intermediary when Fox sought to wrestle the World Cup package away from ESPN in 2011.

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