IAAF World Championships in Qatar: N. Al-Khelaifi (PSG) formally investigated for "active bribery"

Nasser Al-Khelaifi, president of Paris Saint-Germain, Qatar Sports Investments and beIN Media Group, has been formally investigated for "active bribery" by French authorities as part of an inquiry into the Doha (Qatar) bid candidatures to host the World Championships in 2017 and 2019, according to information reported by by the French media Le Parisien and Agence France Presse on 23/05/2019.

Nasser Al-Khelaïfi was also placed, in March 2019, under the status of assisted witness in this inquiry, which also targets the conditions for the awarding of the Tokyo 2020 and Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games, according to Agence France Press.

Yousef Al-Obaidly, CEO of beIN Media Group and president of beIN Sports France, and Lamine Diack, president of the IAAF from 1999 to 2015, were investigated by French authorities for "active corruption" and "passive corruption", respectively, on 27 and 28/03/2019, according to information reported by Le Monde and Agence France Presse on 21/05/2019.

The investigation concerns suspicions of corruption on the sidelines of the Doha (Qatar) bid applications for…