Congo-Brazzaville authorities have requested an Interpol arrest warrant for Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas, the football federation president convicted of corruption charges, amid allegations of embezzling $1.1m in Fifa funds.

<ul><li><p>Football federation president on the run with wife and son</p></li><li><p>Conviction in absentia of wide-ranging corruption charges</p></li></ul><p>Authorities in Congo-Brazzaville have applied to Interpol for an international arrest warrant against Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas, the president of the country’s football federation, Fecofoot, after he was convicted of embezzling $1.1m in Fifa funds.</p><p>Mayolas is on the run with his wife and son after they were all sentenced to life impris...