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FIFA releases full Garcia Report into World Cup bidding process after leak

FIFA has released the full report from Michael Garcia's investigation into the controversial bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in Russia and Qatar respectively.

Following claims from German newspaper Bild that they had obtained a copy of the report, the football's governing body released the report "for the sake of transparency".

A statement on FIFA's website read: "This had been called for on numerous occasions by FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the past and also supported by the FIFA Council since its meeting in Mexico City in May 2016. Despite these regular requests, it is worth noting that the former chairpersons of the Ethics Committee, Cornel Borbély and Hans-Joachim Eckert, had always refused to publish it.