Bellinzona (Switzerland) (AFP)
The boss of beIN Media and PSG Nasser Al-Khelaïfi was acquitted Friday by the Swiss justice in a television rights case, while the ex-N.2 of Fifa Jérôme Valcke escapes prison and receives 120 days - suspended fine for a secondary charge.
In this case, the first of multiple scandals in world football to result in a judgment in Switzerland, the two men were accused of having concluded a pact behind FIFA's back, falling under "unfair management" and liable to five years from prison.
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