FIFA’s report on corruption charges surrounding the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups has been delayed until at least September. Originally, FIFA investigator Michael Garcia said he would have the report submitted to Joachim Eckert -- the judge for the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee -- by late July. The reason for the delay was not made public, but it’s entirely possible that it’s simply taking longer to gather information than had been assumed.
FIFA report on World Cup corruption delayed until September
FIFA’s report was originally supposed to be delivered in July.
Robert Cianflone
How important these findings ultimately are is also unknown. Although findings of overt corruption would be damning in the court of public opinion, the report will not be made public. Whatever is included in the report could potentially lead to formal legal proceedings if FIFA decides to pursue them, but FIFA President Sepp Blatter has insisted that only the FIFA executive committee has the power to strip Russia or Qatar of their hosting rights so the biggest hammer that could fall on Russia or Qatar still belongs to FIFA.
Eckert is apparently able to at least suggest sanctions against any of the nine countries who actually submitted bids for the two World Cups in question. What kinds of sanctions those could be is unclear.
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