(BBC) Fifa will receive $201m (£146m) in forfeited funds seized during a corruption probe, the US Department of Justice has announced.
More than 50 defendants have been criminally charged since the Department of Justice unveiled its corruption probe in 2015.
Twenty-seven people and four corporate entities have pleaded guilty, with two people convicted at trial.
The repayment will begin with an initial $32.3m (£23.5m).
The money, which was seized from the bank accounts of former officials who were prosecuted for corruption, will be used by the Fifa Foundation, an independent foundation, to help finance football-related projects which, Fifa says, can “positively impact so many people across the football world, especially through youth and community programmes”.
