Putting the 'vice' in vice-president

Fallen FIFA vice-president Eugenio Figueredo received $50,000 a month in "improper payments" from sports marketing companies, authorities in his native Uruguay alleged in an indictment on Tuesday.

The 83-year-old former soccer boss, one of seven top FIFA officials arrested at a Zurich luxury hotel in May, received "hefty sums" each month to ensure firms retained their exclusive broadcast rights to various South American tournaments, said the indictment, published by a Uruguayan court.

Figueredo, who was extradited from Switzerland to Uruguay last week, faces charges of fraud and money laundering, and is in jail pending trial.