German Football Association (DFB) designated president Reinhard Grindel, interim presidents Reinhard Rauball and Rainer Koch and Freshfields lawyer Christian Duve (L-R) arrive for a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany March 4, 2016, to present an independent report commissioned by the DFB into the 2006 World Cup and the scandal involving a payment to world soccer's governing body FIFA, allegedly to ensure the World Cup was awarded to Germany. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - There is no evidence of vote-rigging in the awarding of the 2006 football World Cup to Germany, says a report into the scandal which piled more pressure on former World Cup chief Franz Beckenbauer over a payment to a disgraced ex-FIFA official.
"We have no proof of vote buying," Christian Duve of the Freshfields law firm, commissioned by the German Football Association (DFB), told a news conference on Friday.
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