Teixeira denies impropriety in wake of Garcia report

Former President of the Brazilian Soccer Confederation, Ricardo Teixeira, talks to journalists at the wake for former FIFA President Joao Havelange in Rio de Janeiro, August 16, 2016. REUTERS/Nacho Doce Picture Supplied by Action Images

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The reclusive former head of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has called the FIFA ethics report "inconclusive" and asserted that he is safe in Brazil despite a U.S. indictment against him.

Ricardo Teixeira, one of three CBF presidents indicted in the United States in the FIFA corruption scandal, broke his silence after the global soccer body published a report into possible ethics violations.