Soccer/Football

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts) Sat Nov 15, 2014, 02:58 PM Nov 2014

Germany warns Uefa may quit Fifa if World Cup report not published

• German League president attacks ‘complete loss of credibility’
• Report summary clears Russia and Qatar of wrongdoing

The president of the German Football League has warned that Uefa’s 54 member nations could take the ultimate step of quitting Fifa if Michael Garcia’s report into World Cup bidding is not published in full.

Dr Reinhard Rauball laid bare the tensions within Fifa over the split between the ethics committee judge, Hans-Joachim Eckert, and Garcia, the US attorney who heads the investigatory arm and spent 18 months probing the race for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Garcia has disowned Eckert’s summary of his 430-page report, which effectively cleared Russia and Qatar.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/15/fifa-uefa-world-cup-germany-football

I hope they mean it, but I'll believe it when I see it.

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Germany warns Uefa may quit Fifa if World Cup report not published (Original Post) Ron Obvious Nov 2014 OP

Wow shenmue Nov 2014 #1

If DFB do leave FIFA... Aquavit Nov 2014 #2

shenmue

(38,599 posts)

1. Wow

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Sat Nov 15, 2014, 06:36 PM

Nov 2014

Aquavit

(488 posts)

2. If DFB do leave FIFA...

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Sun Nov 23, 2014, 02:24 AM

Nov 2014

Then at least they will have won the World Cup on their way out

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