By Pete Jackson

When American lawyer Michael Garcia submitted his independent review into the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups I was excited.

This was last November, and I had been following the peaks and troughs (mostly troughs) of Fifa governance for a while. It was another big moment for Fifa. We all grabbed the popcorn and waited to see what he had uncovered.

In retrospect, this moment may have been the beginning of the end for Sepp Blatter. Garcia slammed Fifa ethics committee chair Judge Eckert for misrepresenting his findings and subsequently quit. The word “whitewash” did the rounds in the Read full story ›

Source: The Drum