German league president says UEFA could leave FIFA

German Football League President Reinhard Rauball says UEFA would have to consider leaving FIFA if world football's governing body does not publish in full American attorney Michael Garcia's report into bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Rauball tells Kicker magazine that he also wants FIFA to divulge what wasn't evaluated in Garcia's report and "whether it was justified to leave these things out. That has to be made public. It's the only way FIFA can restore some of its lost credibility."

Rauball was responding to German judge Joachim Eckert's ruling that exonerated Russia and Qatar of any corruption in their winning bids to host the World Cup in 2018 and 2022, respectively — a ruling that was harshly contested by Garcia.


AP