Former Fifa boss Havelange named in bribery case

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Ex-International Federation of Association Football (Fifa) President Joao Havelange and his former son-in-law Ricardo Teixeira took multi-million dollar bribes on World Cup deals, Swiss prosecutors said in a legal document released on Wednesday, dealing a fresh blow to world soccer's ruling body.

The two Brazilian soccer administrators were named for the first time in a case which has its roots in the 1990s but will add to the pressure on Fifa to show it is cleaning up its act.

The document, issued by the prosecutor's office in the Swiss region of Zug, noted that both Teixeira and Fifa's legal representative had denied any criminal conduct.

Havelange did not comment on the accusation of criminal conduct, it added.