• Former attorney expected to deliver evidence by end of July • Final ruling not likely to be made until August or September

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Fifa have confirmed that the report into possible ethics violations in the World Cup bidding process by its chief investigator, Michael Garcia, will not be made public.

According to a report on the World Football Insider website, “only the final decision of the adjudicatory chamber may be made public” when the report is finally delivered by the former US attorney Michael Garcia. He has spent more than 18 months investigating claims of ethics breaches and vote trading in the process of awarding the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar.

It is due to be submitted to the adjudicatory chamber of Fifa’s ethics committee by the end of July.

“We have no update concerning the delivery of the report of the investigatory chamber of the independent ethics committee,” said a Fifa spokesman.

“Please note that in accordance with art 28 and 36 of the Fifa Code of Ethics the report will be handed over to the adjudicatory chamber but only the final decision of the adjudicatory chamber may be made public.”

According to the story, Garcia’s report will go directly to Fifa’s ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckhart, who is not expected to make any rulings until August or September.