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  March 20, 2018 8:19 PM PDT

  GENEVA -- The Garcia Report commissioned by FIFA to investigate the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bid contests had less dramatic impact than many critics wanted. T.J. Green Jersey .When a disputed summary of the report was published, Russia and Qatar easily kept the hosting rights they won in December 2010.Still, exactly two years ago Friday, FIFA handed American lawyer Michael Garcias investigation report to Switzerlands attorney general as a criminal complaint against suspected money laundering linked to the bid campaigns.That lengthy case is ongoing and confidential.Until it is completed, the main legacy of Garcias report is a series of ethics committee sanctions for FIFA officials -- none from Russia or Qatar.Heres a look at those sanctions:---LIFE BANSo elusive for many years, former FIFA vice president Jack Warner was expelled from world soccer by Garcias work in September 2015.Warner committed many and various acts of misconduct, the summary of Garcias report noted, adding that the Trinidad and Tobago lawmaker was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments.In July 2011, Warner took a $1.212 million payment from former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam, the report said. Both were then under investigation for allegedly bribing Caribbean voters.The money, Garcia said, was linked to Warners decision to resign from FIFA and refuse to cooperate in the proceedings against Mr. Bin Hammam.---8 YEARSReynald Temarii, the FIFA vice president for Oceania in 2010, was banned twice by FIFAs ethics committee -- before and after the 2018-2022 votes.The former Tahiti player got a 1-year ban for talking to undercover reporters from The Sunday Times, which alleged widespread wrongdoing.Temarii appealed, with Bin Hammams encouragement and financial help, and so left Oceania with no vote.According to the Garcia Report summary, Temarii intended to vote for England and Australia. However, the difference it would have made if Mr. Temarii would have participated in the vote would not have been significant.In May 2015, Temarii was banned for eight years for taking 305,640 euros (now $327,000) from Bin Hammam in January 2011 to pay his legal fees.---5 YEARSAsias longtime FIFA vice president until 2011, Chung Mong-joons surprise presidential bid in 2015 to succeed Sepp Blatter was derailed.Chung was banned for six years on charges related to duty of disclosure and obligation to collaborate with investigators. It was cut to five years on appeal, and he was fined 50,000 Swiss francs ($49,850).The ethics committee opened its case based on findings in the (Garcia) report against Chung, a member of the South Korean family which owns World Cup sponsor Hyundai.Before the December 2010 vote, Chung wrote to FIFA colleagues proposing a Korean-backed Global Football Fund of almost $800 million. Those letters created at least the appearance of a conflict (of interest), the Garcia summary noted.---3 YEARSPerhaps the strangest Garcia Report case related to 2010, with then Chile soccer president Harold Mayne-Nicholls leading a FIFA team inspecting each World Cup bid. He was most critical of Russia and Qatar, and mostly ignored by FIFA voters.Days after visiting Qatar, Mayne-Nicholls asked about unpaid work for three relatives at the Aspire youth academy in Doha.In 2014, when weighing a FIFA presidency run against Blatter, Mayne-Nicholls learned he was being investigated for conflicts of interest and unethically seeking gifts.Ethics judges later said he ignored his responsibility ... to act with utmost neutrality and integrity.Mayne-Nicholls was banned for seven years, reduced to three on appeal by FIFA, and fined 20,000 Swiss francs ($19,900).---WARNINGSFranz Beckenbauer and Angel Maria Villar, both former international players and 2018-2022 voters, were found to have disrespected Garcias investigation.Beckenbauer was provisionally banned for two weeks during the 2014 World Cup for snubbing requests for witness statements. He then complied.About 18 months later, Beckenbauer was formally warned and fined 7,000 Swiss francs ($6,975). He is now under investigation by Swiss federal prosecutors and FIFAs ethics committee over irregular payments linked to Germany hosting the 2006 World Cup.Villar verbally insulted Garcia in Spanish, and was warned and fined 25,000 Swiss francs ($24,900) last November.---CLEAREDThe first Garcia Report case announced was to clear FIFA veteran Michel DHooghe of all suspicion. Four allegations against the Belgian doctor were considered, including accepting a painting from a long-time former executive committee colleague from Russia.---ACTIVE CASESChung and Mayne-Nicholls can still appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, FIFA told the AP, even several months after being notified of their FIFA appeal verdicts.A case announced this month could also use Garcia evidence.Former Bin Hammam aide Najeeb Chirakal faces a life ban in a case focused mainly on his involvement in payments to several football officials. 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The giant slalom world champion slipped during her first run in the morning, landing on her back and then twisting forward before getting her leg caught in the protective material on the side of the slope. In July and August, espnWs weekly essay series will focus on body image.The newspaper article quoted my coach as saying, She wrestles just as well as the guys. I was one of four girls on my high schools wrestling team.There werent enough of us to form a separate team, so we regularly trained with and competed against guys. About my male teammates, coach said, Our guys treat em just like everyone else.I remember things being more complicated.Two reporters from the local paper contacted me in the winter of 1997. They wanted to do a story on my life as a wrestler.I was 14 at the time and had been figure skating for almost 10 years. Figure skating was a nerve-wracking sport that I hoped would take me to the Olympics. To keep my conditioning up and ease my self-imposed pressure, I joined different teams. I got introduced to wrestling in physical education class.We were allowed to spar, and to my amazement, I defeated the other girls in my class. These wins didnt go to my head, though. Wrestling -- the sport, the matches, the moves -- was not popular among my female classmates.I assumed I won because they were either unfamiliar with that kind of contact, they were less strong or ambivalent. Figure skating required strength, but the type that came from pointed toes, extended legs and aerodynamic arm movements.Wrestling was tumbling, working your way out of someones grasp and then knocking them down. I wanted more.When I mentioned this to my best friend, she egged me on. She already wanted to join the freshman wrestling team, but she didnt want to do it alone. Out of solidarity and curiosity, I agreed.What ensued were two of the most mentally and physically daunting years of my life. Preparing to be tackled was so anxiety-inducing that my best friend and I would occasionally slap each other in the face to get over it.I was no stranger to the pain of conditioning, but the constant sprawling, then standing up, sprinting in place -- just to get ready to battle each other -- was something else. Sometimes I closed my eyes before lunging at someone. I was doing moves I had never done anywhere else, like the cross-face cradle and the single-leg takedown.There were a few guys who helped me with strategy and technique. They also shared that several teammates didnt think girls should wrestle guys. The rest seemed to believe we had the right to be on the team, they just werent comfortable with fighting -- or losing to -- a girl.This was evident at matches. We were supposed to sit together as a team, but the guys would end up keeping a little distance from the girls.There was also the winter ski trip. Traditionally, the guys would go to a ski lodge over winter breakk. Al Woods Jersey. The girls were never invited, nor did we ask to be included. It was taxing enough to be on a team where I didnt feel totally welcome; fighting for a spot on the ski trip felt like even more of an intrusion.Friends sometimes joked that coed wrestling would end up being sexual. My father worried it would create a green light for guys to be rough with girls off the mat. My mother supported my decision to compete but feared I would get hurt.Unbeknownst to me at the time, other parents and coaches expressed their concern for our safety too. Some hoped we would quit. This was the first time in my coachs 43-year career that girls had come out to wrestle for him, so he consulted other coaches around the city and state for guidance.I was just trying to survive and maybe even win. Strength-wise, I was no match for most of my male competitors, but my endurance and flexibility helped me wear them out and avoid getting pinned.My first win against a guy happened that first year on the team. Once I got him on the ground, I was able to pin his shoulders to the mat by splitting his legs apart. I pulled one near his face with my arms, and held the other down by wrapping my legs around his ankles. This is a cross-face cradle, the only pinning maneuver I really knew how to do.When the match was over, my coach said I received a standing ovation. I only remember my slim, 103-pound opponent shaking my hand and then hanging his head when he returned to his team. When I competed against and defeated other girls, all my teammates cheered.Despite these celebrations, girls wrestling never grew to be popular at my high school.In 1997, the reporters at the local paper didnt have this information. They pursued the story by photographing my training sessions and interviewing me, my coaches and my father.The heart of the story focused on my relationship with my dad and how he was not thrilled about my decision to wrestle. He cringed, but he never stopped me. In fact, he said, I guess itd be nice if this is the worst problem I ever have with her.Today, I would focus more on the fact that my mother supported my participation on the team, the norms and boundaries that coed wrestling upsets and the marginalization I never addressed with my team. It ultimately led me to quit after my sophomore year. The sport was too hard to do without having more love and acceptance from my teammates.Eryn Ashleigh Mathewson is a print and radio journalist. Her work has appeared in Womens eNews, Cremé Magazine and on 94.1FM KPFA Pacifica Radio in Berkeley. ' ' '