Germany 'Bought' 2006 World Cup Bid, According To New Reports

With all eyes on disgraced pair Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini and their "gentleman's agreement" you'd be forgiven for forgetting about the innumerable other instances of corruption currently being investigated within FIFA. The 2018 and 2022 World Cups in Russia and Qatar, respectively have come under intense scrutiny, but it is the 2006 tournament in Germany that is now being brought into question.
Leading German media outlet SPIEGEL has unveiled details of a potentially huge scandal involving the German FA using money bestowed upon them by then-Adidas CEO Robert Louis-Dreyfus to buy the votes of four Asian representatives.