FIFA ethics judge Joachim Eckert has set a target of the “end of October, beginning of November” to finish investigating the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests.
Eckert said at an ethics in sport conference at FIFA on Friday that “I understand it is urgent.”
The German judge is “very precisely” reading 430 pages of investigative reports from FIFA prosecutor Michael Garcia.
Garcia and his investigators quizzed FIFA voters and officials from the nine bidders, including Russia and Qatar.
Eckert says only four ethics committee members have seen the reports.
He says no one at FIFA has read them, and no one under investigation has “applied pressure” on him to reveal details.
Eckert says FIFA’s ethics code
Are you the ultimate team manager? Pick your own superstar team and go head to head with other football fans for glory and cash prizes on Draftstars. Imagine what you could be buying instead. Set a deposit limit.
Manchester City have chalked up another big win in their hunt for an unprecedented fourth straight Premier League title, with Phil Foden continuing his…
Here is the way the Roar expert panel sees all the action unfolding across the final weekend of play prior to the semi-finals.
Despite the short nature of his tenure as a professional manager, Arne Slot has established himself as arguably the most impressive manager outside of…
Everton won the Merseyside derby 2-0, with Toffees supporters taunting Liverpool after the game at their home ground Goodison Park.
Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin have blasted a hole in Liverpool's Premier League title challenge as Everton powered their way to a priceless derby…
The real concern comes down to football's growing trend of big corporations taking up slices of the world game at the expense of smaller teams.
