Fifa corruption report Judge 'surprised' at Garcia criticism

Ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert says he is "surprised" by public criticism from Fifa colleague Michael Garcia over his report into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Eckert's report into allegations of corruption was published on Thursday.
A few hours later, Garcia, who spent two years investigating the claims of wrongdoing, publicly criticised it.
Garcia revealed to the BBC that he did not see Eckert's final report before it was released to the media.
Eckert's 42-page document cleared Russia and Qatar of corruption after they were chosen to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups respectively, but it criticised England of flouting bid rules.

"A lot of my report was word for word from the Garcia report."

But less than four hours after its publication, Garcia, an American lawyer, issued a statement claiming it was "erroneous".
Just what Garcia thinks is wrong in Eckert's report is not yet clear, but he said he intended to appeal to Fifa.
Eckert, chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of Fifa's independent ethics committee, responded: "I'm surprised, not shocked. I'm a long time in the job here. I don't think anything surprises me."