Tunisian judge imprisons head of Football Federation on suspicion of corruption

TUNIS :A Tunisian judge on Thursday ordered the imprisonment of Wadi Al Jari, the president of the Tunisian Football Federation (FTT), after he was arrested over suspicion of financial corruption, officials said on Thursday.

Chokri Hamda, the spokesman for the Ministry of Sports said that the arrest of Al Jari, an influential figure, was due to financial corruption and an improper contract between the football federation and the technical director.

Al Jari has been president of the federation since 2012.

The head of FTF is in a dispute in recent years with the Minister of Sports Kamel Deguiche, who said that Tunisian football is riddled with corruption and pledged to cleanse it.

The FTT was not immediately available for comment.