Report 'cannot rule out' 2006 World Cup votes being bought

"We cannot prove that votes were bought, but we cannot rule this out either," said the report.

A report has concluded that it cannot rule out the possibility that a payment of 6.7million from the German federation to world governing body FIFA in April 2005 was used to buy votes for the 2006 World Cup.

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, published a 380-page report detailing the movement of funds from account to account.