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PSG boss charged in Qatar world athletics graft probe

Paris Saint-Germain chairman and CEO Nasser Al-Khelaifi during a press conference in Paris on February 22, 2019. [REUTERS]

Paris Saint-Germain chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi was on Thursday charged with corruption in connection with the bidding process for this year's world athletics championships in Doha, judicial sources said.

Al-Khelaifi, who is also the boss of Qatari television channel BeIN Sports, has been under investigation since March in a probe of the bidding process for the 2017 and the 2019 world championships.

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