A 2010 friendly between Brazil and Argentina in Qatar is believed to be part of the inquiry into World Cup corruption

SEPP BLATTER was embroiled in a furious row with members of Fifa’s executive committee (Exco) this weekend over the refusal to publish the report on alleged corruption in the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process.

The Fifa president was accused of trying to silence members of the ruling committee of world football’s governing body who demanded that the long-awaited report by the former US attorney Michael Garcia should not be kept secret.

Several members of Exco insisted that the report must be published during a “very heated debate” at Fifa’s Zurich headquarters on Friday, according to a senior Fifa insider.

Yet Blatter emerged from the meeting to announce that there had been no such requests and confirmed the evidence would remain secret.

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