South Africa 's sports minister says he has received assurances from FIFA 's ethics committee that it will complete and present a report in June into allegations of match-fixing in the buildup to the 2010 World Cup . Fikile Mbalula said he met with the chairman of the ethics committee 's investigatory chamber , Cornel Borbely , in Zurich this week to seek clarity on the status of the long-awaited report . FIFA said as far back as 2011 that it had strong suspicions that some of the South African national team 's warm-up games in the weeks before it hosted the World Cup were fixed . South Africa players celebrate a goal during the 2010 World Cup , but their warm-up games are under suspicion . No players were implicated , but referees were suspected of working for convicted match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal and manipulating matches . Mbalula has previously expressed frustration with FIFA over delays in the investigation . South African sports minister Fikile Mbalula is frustrated that the report has taken so long to produce .
FIFA have been investigating games from the run-up to 2010 World Cup . The investigation has led to a number of arrests and suspensions for players in Brazil including Neymar who was banned last month after being found guilty by an ethics committee over his alleged payment to a former Barcelona Players not suspected of wrong-doing , but referees implicated .