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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Ukraine’s 2030 World Cup bid likely dead after country’s FA chief arrested

Andriy Pavelko at a press conference in October announcing Ukraine's joint bid with Spain and Portugal to host the World Cup in 2030
Andriy Pavelko at a press conference in October announcing Ukraine’s joint bid with Spain and Portugal to host the World Cup in 2030 Photograph: Martial Trezzini/AP

Two leading officials in Ukraine’s football association, including its head, have been arrested over fraud and money-laundering allegations related to the construction of an artificial grass factory.

Andriy Pavelko, the president of the Ukraine FA, and Yuri Zapisotsky, the association’s general secretary, are accused of “embezzling” 26.5m Ukrainian Hryvnia (£600,000).

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