Papa Massata Diack, the man at the heart of multiple probes into the bidding processes for major sporting events, is said to have sent an email on the day Tokyo secured the right to stage the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games warning of the need to “lock” down African votes to prevent them going to rival bidder Madrid.
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