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Soccer- FIFA agrees to publish Garcia report in "appropriate form"

MARRAKECH, Morocco Dec 19 (Reuters) - FIFA's executive committee has unanimously agreed to allow the publication "in an appropriate form" the report on the bidding process for the 2018/2022 World Cups, but gave no indication of when it might happen. Soccer's governing body had previously said it could not publish the 430-page report of former investigator Michael Garcia for legal reasons but will now do so once "ongoing procedures against individuals are concluded", FIFA president Sepp Blatter said in a statement on Friday. Garcia resigned on Tuesday after losing an appeal against a published summary of his report, produced by FIFA ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert. (Editing by Mitch Phillips)