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FA chairman Greg Dyke returns gift watch to FIFA

After nearly 10 months of legal wrangling, English FA chairman Greg Dyke has returned a 16,000-pound ($23,814) watch to FIFA and no longer faces disciplinary action for keeping it.

FA chairman Greg Dyke returns gift watch to FIFA

London: After nearly 10 months of legal wrangling, English FA chairman Greg Dyke has returned a 16,000-pound ($23,814) watch to FIFA and no longer faces disciplinary action for keeping it.

Dyke was one of 65 international officials who received the Parmigiani watches as presents from the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) before last year`s World Cup.

He claimed he was unaware of its value, stored it in a bag at home and never used it, but when he was told keeping it broke FIFA`s ethics rules he offered to donate it to the FA`s charity partner Breast Cancer Care as part of a fundraising initiative.