• Argentine sports marketing company Torneos y Competencias S.A. has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the US government by admitting paying tens of millions of dollars in a 15-year wire fraud scheme designed to secure TV rights to football tournaments. As part of the deferred prosecution agreement announced by the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, Torneos y Competencias S.A. has agreed to US$112.8 million in forfeiture and criminal penalties. The agreement means that Torneos y Competencias S.A. admits to bribing senior officials in connection to TV rights to the FIFA World Cup, Copa Libertadores, Copa América and Copa América Centenario; however if it complies with conditions imposed by the DoJ on its operations for a two-year period, the government will move to dismiss the charges.

• The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has published its latest list which reveals that 19 athletes were sanctioned for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) between 10 November and 12 December 2016. Eight of those were given four-year bans; five were given bans of two years or more; and six were given bans of less than two years. Tim Abeyie was sanctioned with a four-year ban from 4 July 2015, after testing positive during a competition in Germany. Abeyie formerly competed for Great Britain, but now competes for Ghana. The IAAF list of sanctions to 10 November detailed sanctions against 33 athletes.

• Former football coach Barry Bennell has been taken into custody having been charged with eight sexual offences against a boy in the 1980s. He is due to appear at Chester Crown Court on 11 January. Earlier this month, the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) reported that around 350 people had come forward alleging that they had been abused after former player Andy Woodward’s experience – reported by The Guardian – prompted a flood of similar complaints.