Monday, September 22, 2014

Fifa accused of cover up as it emerges World Cup bid report to be kept secret...

Fifa is facing accusations of a cover-up after it emerged a report in to allegations of corruption in two World Cup bids will never be published.

The two-year investigation into the bidding around the 2018 and 2022 World Cups has resulted in a 350-page report and 200,000 pages of evidence.

But Hans Joachim-Eckert, the chairman of Fifa’s ethics committee’s adjudicatory chamber, has said only he and his deputy will ever see report.

Sepp Blatter, president of football’s governing body, and his 27 executive members will not even see it.

 Fifa was under pressure to publish the report and be more transparent, including demands from the author of it, investigator Michael Garcia. Full story...

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