The independent ethics committee are doing a good job and should have the full support of everybody. 79 DRI. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates.Are you sure you want to delete this comment?Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our,You can find our Community Guidelines in full,Create a commenting name to join the debate,There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts,There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts,Franz Beckenbauer (left) alongside Pep Guardiola,Beckenbauer warned and fined by Fifa over World Cup bid investigation,Read more Infantino receives FA support in Fifa presidency bid. Join the discussion or compare with others! FIFA 15. ".Fifa said Beckenbauer ignored "repeated requests" to assist with an independent investigation into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.No details have been given on what Garcia wanted to speak to Beckenbauer about.Garcia's remit includes looking into allegations that Qatari football official Mohamed bin Hammam made payments totalling £3m to football officials in return for their support for the Qatar bid - as set out in a,But Beckenbauer said: "I politely requested a meeting in which we could talk about the matter in German. Franz Beckenbauer has been banned by Fifa from taking part in any football-related activity for 90 days. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. Beckenbauer had been suspended during the disciplinary process before subsequently cooperating and has now been fined 7,000 Swiss francs and warned.Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Norway's Martin Odegaard is being sought by Europe's top clubs.is expected to announce his findings by the end of July.told German media that he did not respond to Garcia's questions because they were in English and he did not understand them.is still listed on the ruling body's website as a special adviser to the FIFA Football Committee.Read: European nations oppose Blatter's election U-turn,Read: World Cup sponsor demands Qatar investigation.Read: Will World Cup redeem people's faith in football?Is 'miracle' club a blueprint for future. ".The chairman of the committee's investigatory body, New York lawyer Michael Garcia.The December 2010 vote by FIFA's executive committee members to take the sport's showpiece tournament to the Middle East for the first time has been mired in controversy.Before it even took place, two high-ranking FIFA officials -- Nigeria's Amos Adamu and Oceania representative Reynald Temarii -- were banned after allegations of bribery.FIFA vice-president Jack Warner chose to quit the following year after being implicated in another bribery scandal involving Mohamed bin Hammam, then head of the Asian Football Confederation.Bin Hammam, who had hoped to be Sepp Blatter's sole challenger at that year's FIFA presidential elections, was banned for life.The Qatari has this year been involved in new allegations by Britain's Sunday Times newspaper, which claimed he had been offering bribes to FIFA delegates for support of his country's 2022 bid.The 65-year-old -- a former FIFA ExCO member -- has denied all accusations, while the Qatar 2022 Organizing Committee insisted that Bin Hammam had not been working for them.Garcia told FIFA's Congress of its 209 member nations this month that he had been aware of most of the evidence published by the Sunday Times ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, which kicked off on Thursday.Blatter used the Congress in Sao Paulo to indicate that he wants to stand for a fifth term in charge, breaking the promise he made when winning unopposed in 2011 that it would be his last.The 78-year-old, who has been in office since 1998, said his mission "is not finished. 69 SHO. Franz Beckenbauer has been warned and fined by Fifa's independent ethics committee after failing to cooperate with an investigation into the bidding process for the 2018/2022 World Cups. ".Garcia says he now has "almost all" of the documents referred to by the Sunday Times report.On Friday, Beckenbauer told German television: "I am the Bayern Munich honorary president. 94 DEF. In his playing career he was nicknamed Der Kaiser ("The Emperor") because of his elegant style, dominance and leadership on the field, and also as his first name "Franz" is reminiscent of the Austrian emperors.
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