Ethics investigator challenges 'erroneous' version of his FIFA report

FIFA’s hopes of settling the uncertainty over the World Cup hosts were dealt a serious blow after chief ethics investigator Michael Garcia challenged the decision to clear Qatar and Russia to host the 2022 and 2018 tournaments.

US lawyer Garcia said he will lodge an appeal against the decision to clear Qatar and Russia to host the 2022 and 2018 World Cups due to “numerous materially incomplete and erroneous representations of the facts”.