An audit of the governing body for soccer in Africa has uncovered millions of dollars of financial irregularities, a development that threatens to bring down its leadership after more than a year of turmoil at the troubled organization. The board of the governing body, the Confederation of African Football, or C.A.F., agreed last year to an independent review of its operations amid accusations of financial wrongdoing made by a group of former senior executives at the Cairo-based organization. Its president, Ahmad Ahmad, is also the subject of an ethics inquiry by soccer’s global governing body, FIFA, and by the authorities in France. The auditors found problems across the board, including with the dispensation of millions of dollars of soccer development funds sent to the African soccer body by FIFA. “I have been left shocked and dismayed, though my fears have now been vindicated,” said Musa Bility, a former head of soccer in Liberia who had called for the audit in May before he was banned by FIFA for misappropriating soccer funds, allegations that he has denied.

Source: New York Times February 08, 2020 15:45 UTC