Frankfurt, Germany • A highly anticipated independent report to be released Friday could throw light into corruption allegations against Germany’s 2006 World Cup organizers and the fate of a dubious payment to FIFA. The German soccer federation has been in turmoil since October, when the der Spiegel weekly published allegations that the tournament organizers used a slush fund to buy Asian votes ahead of the successful bid to land the 2006 World Cup, which was celebrated in Germany as the “summer......
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