Former Fifa official pleads not guilty to graft charges

New York

Jeffrey Webb, one of seven high-ranking officials of soccer's world governing body, Fifa, who were arrested in Switzerland on corruption charges, pleaded not guilty in US federal court on Saturday.

Extradited to the United States, the former Fifa vice president and president of the CONCACAF regional soccer federation, appeared at a hearing in Brooklyn, New York. A US lawyer for him declined to comment.