Fifa's independent ethics investigator Michael Garcia has quit in protest over the handling of his report into bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The American lawyer cited a "lack of leadership" at the top of football's world governing body. Garcia said he lost confidence in the independence of judge Hans-Joachim Eckert, an ethics committee colleague. Uefa president Michel Platini said: "We wanted all transparency but this is a new failure for Fifa." The head of European football spoke out as Garcia resigned a day after Fifa's appeals panel rejected his challenge of Eckert's summary of his report. Garcia said: "It is the lack of leadership on these issues within Fifa that leads me to conclude that my role in this process is at an end." Russia won the right to host the 2018 World Cup, while Qatar was awarded the 2022 tournament. Fifa cleared both of corruption despite a series of allegations Garcia's findings were released as a 42-page summary of the 430-page report. He said the summary was "erroneous" and complained to Fifa, which said his appeal was "not admissible". In his resignation statement, he said: "No independent governance committee, investigator, or arbitration panel can change the culture of an organisation." Garcia said his submission to the Fifa appeal committee outlined what he called "the most serious failings" of Eckert's response. "Among other points, the brief explained why, when viewed in the context of the report it purported to summarise, no principled approach could justify the Eckert Decision's edits, omissions, and additions," he said. Fifa meets in Morocco this week and will decide whether to release a full, redacted copy of Garcia's report. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30522170 It just keeps rumbling on...
http://www.newsweek.com/sony-drops-fifa-sponsorship-amid-corruption-scandal-288443 A couple of weeks ago Sony pulled out of its $277 million FIFA sponsorship although they didn't say it was specifically because of corruption More like this is the only hope for change
Are FIFA really any different fomr any country's FA, nooooo. They are all corrupt, they all tried to bribe for votes during the bids for WCs Wasn't the England bid team well pissed off because people that had agreed to vote for the England bid ended up voting for someone else. The FA pointing a finger at FIFA is hilarious hypocricy
Nothing to do with protest, they openly said they can't justify the cost involved of the sponsorship, as it doesn't benefit them in their current financial situation. They're losing money, and trying to stop the bleeding. Someone will just replace them.
How on earth do FIFA justify McDonalds as a sponsor. "Go eat s**t and get fat so you can join FIFA instead of ever playing football" or if you are Murrican, Eat McDonalds and die by the time you are 45.
And why not wash it down with a litre of Coca cola for a real junk food rush....... These corporations should not be connected with sport in any way,shape or form.
Absolutely. If our FA are slightly less bent than FIFA then it's simply down to the scale and size difference of each organisation. Jail them all (starting with Triesman) or don't pursue any of them. And the f**ing cant and humbug of our 'popular' press on this is equally breathtaking.
