Half of the 22 Fifa officials who voted to award the World Cup to Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022 are now under investigation or suspended from football.
After being granted permission to publicise its formal investigations, Fifa’s ethics committee confirmed on Wednesday that Franz Beckenbauer, the former Germany international, and Angel Maria Villar Llona, the head of European football, have been investigated and are awaiting judgment.
Both men were on Fifa’s executive committee at the time of the 2010 World Cup vote. Also on the committee, and under investigation by Fifa, are Worawi Makudi, Ricardo Teixeira, Nicolas Leoz, Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter.
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