In case you hadn’t noticed, the Garcia Report was released last week after lurking in locked drawers of desks in Zurich, Sydney, Munich and New York where the few people who were supposed to have a copy kept it. Sepp Blatter even sneaked one home from the office before he left, I’m led to understand.

From the vantage-point of today, the Garcia report has something of the air of the Dead Sea Scrolls – an important relic offering vital clues about how life was lived in a bygone era.

Qatar 2022 have claimed Michael Garcia's report into potential wrongdoing in the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bid processes represents a "vindication of the integrity" of their successful campaign to host the tournament.

FIFA has published American lawyer Michael Garcia's report into the bidding processes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups after the document was leaked to German media.