Fifa can’t rule out 2006 World Cup bung from the German football federation

A report into the 2006 World Cup corruption allegations has concluded a payment of €6.7 million from the German football federation (DFB) to world governing body Fifa in April 2005 cannot be ruled out.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the international law firm brought in by German authorities to investigate, has published a 380-page report detailing the movement of funds from account to account.

However, a lack of evidence — some of which appeared to have been mislaid or destroyed — meant the investigation was ultimately inconclusive.