A British Government inquiry into corruption allegations surrounding football World Cup bids has accused the sport's international governing body of trying to brush aside evidence and has questioned FIFA president Sepp Blatter's commitment to reforming the organisation.
The 31-page report, House of Commons Select Committee report, has called for FIFA to commission a full, urgent and independent investigation into the allegations surrounding the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
It also says it finds FIFA's decision to drop investigations into alleged wrongdoing by Jack Warner of Trinidad & Tobago, who resigned from FIFA's executive committee last month after 28 years rather than face corruption charges, as extraordinary.
The report says FIFA has given every impression of wishing to sweep all allegations of misconduct under the carpet and dismissing anyone bringing allegations to them with an approach bordering on contempt."
The report urges FIFA to review its bidding process for future World Cups and to reform itself as the International Olympic Committee did following allegations of bribery and corruption into Salt Lake City's bid to host the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
However, the report said Blatter's record did not inspire confidence that this would happen.
