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A top Asian football official said he had been deliberately smeared on Friday after he was accused of ordering documents to be hidden during an audit triggered by corruption claims. Asian Football Confederation (AFC) general secretary Alex Soosay blamed "election fever" after video surfaced of an employee of the Kuala Lumpur-based body making the claim against him. According to the Malay Mail, the AFC`s financial director said Soosay asked him to "tamper (with) or hide" documents during a 2012 audit. The audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers was ordered in the wake of claims of financial wrongdoing by former AFC chief Mohamed bin Hammam, who is now banned from football. But Soosay, speaking to AFP after this week`s AFC congress in Bahrain, said: "The case is closed. It was thoroughly done and dealt with and bin Hammam was suspended. "It`s completely, I don`t know, all of a sudden taken out of context. It`s election fever. But the...

Seorang pegawai kanan Konfederasi Bola Sepak Asia (AFC) kini disiasat polis berhubung penyelewengan wang RM30 juta milik pertubuhan itu yang dilaporkan lesap ketika kerja-kerja audit dilakukan baru-baru ini. That was taken from Utusan Malaysia today .  The paragraphs below, meanwhile, was taken from InsideWorldFootball , published four days ago. FIFA suspended Bin Hammam from all football duties for 90 days last month at the request of the other two-chamber Ethics Committee chairman, Michael Garcia, who deals with the investigation and prosecution side. Garcia is deciding whether to throw the book at Bin Hammam over possible financial mismanagement of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) funds when the former Qatari powerbroker was AFC President. The allegations are contained in an audit by accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). And this was taken from an Associated Press article by Michael Casey on August 15; The audit said some commercial rights contracts wer...

Let's start the day by congratulating Pahang for securing a place in the Super League next season. The Elephants edged Kedah 3-2 on sudden death penalties in their final playoff match last night. Read the full report in here . It is also a good day for former Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohamed Hammam ( pic) after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) had over ruled the life-ban from all football related activities slapped on the Qatari. Read more here . However, AFC maintains it will still uphold its suspension against Hammam as reported here . Last but certainly not the least, these were the words of Malaysia Hockey Confederation (MHC) secretary general Johary Abdul Aziz as quoted by The Star today; “The (Malaysia Hockey) League will be held over a shorter duration this time and that’s the reason why we have decided to scrap the knockout stage." MHL played over a shorter period? Hmm.. HD says: Oh well..