Former FIFA official guilty, PSG head cleared at Swiss trial

BELLINZONA, Switzerland (AP) — A former high-ranking FIFA official has been convicted in a corruption case in Switzerland and the president of Paris Saint-Germain has been acquitted. Jérôme Valcke was found guilty of a lesser change of forging documents linked to World Cup broadcasting deals in Italy and Greece. He was acquitted of accepting bribes and criminal mismanagement while he was secretary general of FIFA from 2007-15. Valcke was given a 120-day suspended sentence and ordered to pay FIFA $2 million in restitution. PSG president Nasser al-Khelaïfi was cleared of a single charge of inciting Valcke to commit aggravated criminal mismanagement. Al-Khelaïfi is a Qatari soccer and television executive.