Carlo Tavecchio, who quit as head of Italian football on Monday, was accused of sexual harassment by a former executive of the federation in an interview published on Tuesday. The woman, given the pseudonym "Mary" by Milan daily Corriere della Sera described an encounter with Tavecchio in his office at the federation's headquarters in Rome. "I went into his office to talk about football," she said. "He did not even give me time to ask 'president, how are you?' He looked at me and said: 'You look well, I can see you have an active sex life.'

This file photo taken on November 9, 2015 shows Italian Football Federation (FIGC) president, Carlo Tavecchio attending the presentation of the new jersey of the Italian national football team for the EURO 2016 tournament at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Italian FA president Carlo Tavecchio has resigned a week after Italy's World Cup qualifying fiasco, an FIGC official confirmed on November 20, 2017. Pic/AFP