The United States on Thursday submitted a formal request for Switzerland to extradite the seven FIFA officials arrested in Zurich in May as part of the corruption probe that has rocked soccer’sworld governing body. Switzerland’s Federal Office of Justice said Thursday that the requests were received from the U.S. embassy in Bern. The expected demands submitted late Wednesday met a 40-daydeadline since the seven were detained early May 27 in raids on a luxury hotel in FIFA’s home city. All seven men detained in Zurich, including three current and former members of FIFA’s executivecommittee, have already objected to extradition. They face around 20 years in prison.

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