Uefa takes legal action over Euro 2012 claims 29/10/2010 |
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Uefa is taking legal action against a Cypriot official who alleged the decision to award the 2012 European Championships to Poland and Ukraine was corrupt.
"We are in the process of opening legal proceedings against him to protect the corporate image of Uefa and also to force his hand to show us what evidence he has," Uefa spokesman Rob Faulkner said.
Uefa had set Spyros Marangos, a former board member of the Cypriot FA, a deadline of Wednesday (October 27) to provide evidence to back up his claims and Faulkner confirmed he had failed to do so.
"He said it was too short notice for him to travel to Switzerland and he wanted us to go there [Cyprus]," added Faulkner.
Germany's respected Suddeutsche Zeitung reported that Marangos said he had evidence that certain Uefa representatives were corrupted in the bidding process in 2007, when Italy and a joint Croatia-Hungary bid missed out.
Polish and Ukrainian officials have dismissed the allegations – the former describing Marangos' comments as slander.
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