Rio Olympics chief sentenced to 30 years in prison for buying 2016 votes

Carlos Arthur Nuzman, centre, alongside then Brazilian president Lula and football legend Pelé in Copenhagen in 2009 after it was announced that Rio de Janeiro had won the bid to host the 2016 Olympics. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AFP/Getty Images

Carlos Arthur Nuzman, centre, alongside then Brazilian president Lula and football legend Pelé in Copenhagen in 2009 after it was announced that Rio de Janeiro had won the bid to host the 2016 Olympics. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AFP/Getty Images

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