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Polish government suspends FA board

Poland suspended the leadership of its football association on Friday after another high-ranking official was detained in a match-fixing investigation that stretches back almost two years.

Sports Minister Tomasz Lipiec has appointed Andrzej Rusko, chief executive of Poland's top division, as the FA's emergency administrator until a new management board can be elected.

'For the time being, until the election of a new board, I have appointed Andrzej Rusko as administrator,' Lipiec said, citing the results of an administrative investigation into the FA's activities.

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