Calls for the report into alleged World Cup bidding corruption to be made public have been rejected by FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
American lawyer Michael Garcia investigated the bidding processes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, filing his findings to FIFA this month. He wants his report published, and UEFA president Michel Platini is not opposed to it being disclosed.
But Blatter said that FIFA is bound by regulations. Any decision to publish now rests with FIFA ethics chief Hans-Joachim Eckert, who is currently considering the report and is expected to announce his ruling next spring, The BBC reported.
The 2018 World Cup was awarded to Russia with Qatar being selected to host the tournament in 2022.
As well as Garcia, who is the chairman of the investigatory chamber of Fifa's ethics committee, Fifa vice-presidents Jeffrey Webb, Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein of Jordan and Jim Boyce have also called for the key findings of the report to be made public, the report added.
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