Qatars Nasser al-Khelaifi, president of the Paris St. Germain football club, is under formal investigation for corruption, a French judicial source said according to Reuters. Al-Khelaifi and a close associate were questioned by French investigators in March in relation to the bidding process for the 2017 athletics world championships, a second source said. The football club, which won this years top-flight league in France, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. On Wednesday, the chief executive officer of media group beIN and a close ally of Al-Khelaifi was handed preliminary charges of corruption as part of an investigation into the bidding process for the 2017 and 2019 track world championships. Yousef Al-Obaidly was indicted on March 28. Al-Obaidly is also a board member of PSG. He denies any wrongdoing.
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