RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's Football Confederation (CBF) and the country's president said Wednesday they backed a corruption probe into FIFA, as one of seven people detained, Jose Maria Marin, was sidelined as CBF number two.
Two FIFA vice presidents were among those arrested in a dawn raid in Zurich, where the body's president Sepp Blatter will stand for re-election Friday.
Former CBF head Jose Maria Marin, 83, who oversaw last year's World Cup in Brazil, was among those arrested.
Within hours, the CBF suspended him from his post as vice president indefinitely.
Marin, a former politician, is also a member of the organizing committee for next year's Rio Olympics.
While the CBF said it supported the investigation, it appeared to be distancing itself from Marin.
"The CBF has decided "to remove Mr Jose Maria Marin from his management position until the legal proceedings have concluded," CBF said in a statement.
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