September 2 – This Friday the trial of Portuguese whistleblower Rui Pinto (pictured) will get underway in Portugal and his lawyer has revealed that Edward Snowden will be one of the 45 witnesses testifying in Pinto’s defence.
Pinto’s revelations in Football Leaks shook the global game, shedding an unprecedented light on the murky dealings in football, and leading to legal proceedings in France, Spain, Belgium and Switzerland. But in his native Portugal prosecutors have accused him of attempted extortion,
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