Fifa lifted a new corner of its veil of secrecy on Wednesday by revealing that German football great Franz Beckenbauer and the current most senior Uefa official Angel Maria Villar Llona have been investigated.
It said inquiries for alleged misconduct by the two were now in the hands of the Fifa ethics committee's main court for a decision.
The ethics committee did not say why the two had been investigated.
But Beckenbauer and Villar Llona were on the Fifa executive committee when Russia and Qatar were awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Beckenbauer was briefly suspended by Fifa last year for refusing to cooperate with a corruption inquiry into World Cup votes by former US federal prosecutor Michael Garcia. Full story...
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It said inquiries for alleged misconduct by the two were now in the hands of the Fifa ethics committee's main court for a decision.
The ethics committee did not say why the two had been investigated.
But Beckenbauer and Villar Llona were on the Fifa executive committee when Russia and Qatar were awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Beckenbauer was briefly suspended by Fifa last year for refusing to cooperate with a corruption inquiry into World Cup votes by former US federal prosecutor Michael Garcia. Full story...
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