Ukraine’s 2030 World Cup bid likely dead after country’s FA chief arrested

Andriy Pavelko and general secretary accused of embezzling funds related to construction of artificial grass factory

Two leading officials in Ukraine's football association, including its head, have been arrested over fraud and money-laundering allegations related to the construction of an artificial grass factory.

Andriy Pavelko, the president of the Ukraine FA, and Yuri Zapisotsky, the association's general secretary, are accused of embezzling" 26.5m Ukrainian Hryvnia (600,000).