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Days after declaring that its  investigation into the bidding for soccer’s 2018 and 2022 World Cups  had not found any evidence pointing to a corruption of that process, FIFA announced on Tuesday that it was turning over the report from the inquiry to the Swiss authorities because it suspected that its investigators had uncovered criminal activity. In  an interview with FIFA’s website , Hans-Joachim Eckert, the German judge who reviewed the report submitted by the ethics committee’s lead investigator, said he had urged FIFA’s president, Sepp Blatter, to file the criminal complaint with Switzerland’s attorney general because, while he had not found enough evidence in the report to call into question the entire bidding process, he had determined that there was “suspected unlawful activity in connection with Switzerland” committed by unidentified people related to the vote. A  FIFA statement  said that “in isolated cases, international transfers of assets...

After what is about the biggest in-season break a team can have — 15 days — the Seattle Seahawks finally get back at it tonight with a 5:30 p.m. game at Washington. It’s the beginning of 13 games in 13 weeks, with three of the next four on the road — trips to St. Louis and Carolina follow a home game against Dallas next Sunday. For now, some links to get your gameday started. … 1.  Here’s my preview story noting that the game marks a return to a key step in this team’s development into a Super Bowl winner. 2.  Times columnist Larry Stone writes that the Seahawks thrive in prime time. 3.  One man’s rebuttal that the 12th Man lives in Seattle and not Texas. 4.  Seahawks.com offers five matchups to watch. 5.  Fifteen things to know about tonight’s game from CBSSports.com. 6.  The Seahawks remain favored by seven. The Sporting Newspoints out Washington often flops hosting on Mon...