Uefa has launched legal action over corruption allegations surrounding Poland and Ukraine's Euro 2012 bid.
Cypriot reckons money changed hands before announcement
Uefa has launched legal action over allegations of corruption surrounding the appointment of Poland and Ukraine as Euro 2012 hosts.
The governing body has lodged a complaint in the Swiss courts against Spyros Marangos, a former treasurer of the Cyprus Football Association.
Marangos claimed money had changed hands before Poland and Ukraine won the race to stage the European Championships in two years' time.
Uefa, which has also lodged a complaint with the Cypriot Attorney General, has branded the claims 'unsubstantiated' and 'damaging'.
Marangos, who left the CFA in 2007, made the allegations in German newspaper
Suddeutchse Zeitung before telling Italian daily
La Gazzetta dello Sport that he had proof to back up his claims.
Action
A statement released by the governing body said: "UEFA has been obliged to take legal action, firstly, in order to establish whether any of the claims made by Mr Marangos have any substance to them, and therefore to make available any tangible elements in order to substantiate these claims.
"And secondly, to protect the integrity and the good name of UEFA and European football in general, which have been seriously damaged by these allegations."
