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		</div><p>The man behind the 2014 World Cup in Brazil has pleaded not guilty to US charges stemming from the sprawling bribery case that has scandalised the football world.</p>
<p>Jose Maria Marin, 83, appeared in a Brooklyn federal court following his extradition from Switzerland, where he was arrested in May along with five other Fifa officials in a dawn raid on a luxury hotel in Zurich.</p>
<p>A judge agreed to release him on $15m and allow him to live with tight restrictions in a £2.2m New York apartment until his case is resolved.</p>
<p>A haggard-looking Marin, who listened to the proceedings through an interpreter, slumped in a chair while lawyers remained standing in front of the bench discussing his bail conditions. He later rose for a long embrace with his wife, who was required to sign the bond.</p>
<p>The couple left the court without speaking to reporters. Marin’s lawyer, Charles Stillman, said he and his client would be “preparing to deal with the charges”.</p>
<p>In July, another high-ranking Fifa official, Cayman Islands banker Jeffrey Webb, appeared in the court to enter a not-guilty plea and was released on $10m bail. The five remaining defendants in Switzerland are fighting extradition.</p>
<p>The Fifa officials are among 14 people named in a US indictment saying they plotted to arrange bribes of more than $150m tied to the award of broadcasting and hosting rights for the World Cup and other tournaments over a 24-year period.</p>
<p>Marin was appointed to head the 2014 World Cup local organising committee after the resignation of Ricardo Teixeira, who was implicated in a previous Fifa scandal for taking million-dollar bribes from World Cup broadcasting deals.</p>
<p>He also succeeded Teixeira, a long-time Fifa executive committee member, as president of Brazilian football’s governing body in 2012. He held that position until last April.</p>
<p>Brazil was humiliated in a semi-final of the 32-nation World Cup, losing 7-1 to Germany. Germany went on to beat Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the final.</p>
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