Rio Games chief under IOC scrutiny

LIMA - Lawyers for the International Olympic Committee on Monday contacted Brazilian judicial authorities to request any evidence regarding the involvement of Rio de Janeiro Olympics chief Carlos Nuzman in alleged corruption, IOC chief Thomas Bach said.

Brazilian investigators said last week Nuzman, the head of the national Olympic committee and subsequent Rio Games chief, had arranged a $2 million bribe to bring the 2016 Games to Rio, despite the city having the worst conditions to host the event.

Police in Rio raided Nuzman's house after prosecutors accused him of conspiring with former state governor Sergio Cabral, already convicted in a separate corruption case, to buy the Games.