"Whitewash": Outrage at FIFA's corruption report

FIFA's 430-page report will not be made public - but a summary has been released, clearing Russia and Qatar of any wrongdoing, while pointing the finger at other nations, including England, Australia and the USA, whose bids failed.

MP Damian Collins has called the report a "whitewash", and he is not along in his rage.

There was a superb look at the situation from Dan Wetzel of Yahoo.

"Perhaps this 'investigation' will help FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his global web of cronies to sleep well at night, able to rectify that they picked a country (Qatar) that is currently trying to fend off allegations that it allows funding to ISIS, has such a loathsome track record of human rights that homosexuality is illegal and, by its own government findings, is on pace for 5,000 poor, migrant workers to die constructing opulent stadiums and outrageous infrastructure," Wetzel writes.

"Oh, and it gets into the 120s Fahrenheit in the summer there, which means the conditions aren't conducive to high-level play, or athlete safety, and the only solution appears to be moving the tourney to the winter months that would upset most of the world's major professional leagues.

"Other than that, FIFA did a great job with the bidding process."

Charles Sale of the Daily Mail was flabbergasted by the report: "Astonishingly he reserved his strongest language for the England campaign... [Judge Hans Joachim] raps England for a $55,000 sponsorship but lets Qatar off lightly for a similar $1.8 million one... Whilst some countries, especially 2018 hosts Russia were highly unco-operative with Garcia's investigation, England look to have suffered for being so open about all their bid activity."

Here's some of the rest of the best reaction on social media so far:

Some people spared a thought, one way or another, for the report's author:

While others tried to look on the funny side: