By Mark Baber
January 27 – FIFA have confirmed that they will be investigating allegations regarding the World Cup 2018 and 2022 bidding processes, won by Russia and Qatar.
The chairmen of FIFA’s Adjudicatory and Investigative Chambers, Judge Hans-Joachim Eckert and Michael J Garcia (pictured), said in a joint statement: “As has been publicly announced, certain allegations regarding events surrounding the bidding for the World Cup 2018 and 2022 were referred to the ethics committee by FIFA following media reports.
“We intend to conduct a thorough review of those allegations, including the evidentiary basis for and credibility of any allegations of individual misconduct.”
It is going to be a busy few months for the investigators who have also said the will make their findings into the ISL case public in March.
Last year FIFA asked Garcia, as part of a total review of operations, to look into the 2001 collapse of ISL, FIFA’s former marketing agency. “Garcia will detail his findings in a final report to FIFA’s Executive Committee,” at its March 20-21 meeting in Zurich, FIFA said in a statement.
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