There were a few tackles and spells of high pressing. But, at the end of yesterday’s AGM, Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams might have been tempted to pour himself a glass of celebratory wine. Since the football body’s last AGM, the John-Williams-led organisation had: used TTFA …
Read More »DJW allegedly used TTFA funds for CFU bid; accused of selling out Caribbean
Just six months into his tenure as Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president, David John-Williams has already turned his gaze towards higher office. The W Connection football club owner will run for the post of Caribbean Football Union (CFU) president on 23 July 2016. The election will be held …
Read More »Why FIFA should pay association presidents to address corruption
The charges laid against the presidents of several football associations would suggest that FIFA needs to light a candle rather than curse the darkness when it comes to regulations regarding the presidency of its member associations. The high number of CONMEBOL and CONCACAF presidents and ex-presidents who have been charged …
Read More »X-rated: the FBI’s sordid tale of FIFA corruption, mental disability and Jack Warner
Predictably, the United States Department of Justice’s latest X-rated exposé of FIFA—picture football administrators and television executives sneaking into deserted boardrooms to aggressively screw football fans and players—was effusive in its awe of the world governing body’s answer to John Holmes, former FIFA VP, CONCACAF president and Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »CFU endorses Nakhid for FIFA presidency; aims to recover Warner money
Caribbean Football Union (CFU) president Gordon Derrick has endorsed former Trinidad and Tobago football captain David Nakhid’s bid for the role of FIFA president, as the most unlikely presidential campaign gathered considerable traction. Nakhid, who never worked within FIFA before or held an administrative portfolio outside of his Lebanon-based David …
Read More »Warner: No one told me; FIFA claim police raid “good” for business
Chaguanas West MP and ex-FIFA vice president Jack Warner struck a typically defiant figure this morning as he was interviewed on the United States Department of Justice’s declared intention to have him extradited to face racketeering charges. The Department of Justice, in a published statement, named Warner among 13 officials indicted …
Read More »US Justice Dept confirms: Warner charged; Daryan, Daryll pleaded guilty
The United States Department of Justice confirmed this morning that Chaguanas West MP and ex-FIFA vice president Jack Warner is among 14 persons charged for racketeering. According to a statement by the Department of Justice, the defendants and their co-conspirators—nine of whom were FIFA officials—“corrupted the enterprise by engaging in …
Read More »Warner named among FIFA officials facing extradition for corruption
New York Times alleges that Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner among FIFA officials set for indictment and extradition request from United States Attorney General: Swiss authorities began an extraordinary early-morning operation here Wednesday to arrest several top soccer officials and extradite them to the United States on federal corruption charges. …
Read More »Shaka gets FIFA appointment; ex-W/Cup goalie on IFAB panel
Former World Cup 2006 and England Premier League goalkeeper Shaka Hislop has been appointed by FIFA to serve on an advisory panel for the influential International Football Association Board (IFAB), which discusses and decides upon proposed alterations to the laws of the game. Hislop, who now works as a football …
Read More »Omertà (part ten): How The Belly flattened Warner
…Then was caught by a ‘Useless’ journalist ‘ CONGRATULATIONS JACK, MAUREEN, all of my Trinidadian family that I love for these many years.’ Chuck was blogging after Trinidad held Sweden to a 0-0 draw in Dortmund in June 2006. The love for Warner and his wife lasted another five years. …
Read More »Omertà (part eight): How Blatter keeps Power at FIFA
Chapter 8: Sepp buys votes with FIFA’s money JACK STEALS. He is a career thief and it has made him a multi-millionaire. To hide his stealing, he lies. He lies to his colleagues in football, he employs a bookkeeper in his homeland to pose as an auditor and lie for …
Read More »Williams, Shaka on CONCACAF team to launch Caribbean pro league
DIRECTV W Connection chairman David John Williams and former 2006 World Cup player Shaka Hislop were today officially unveiled as members of a CONCACAF task force mandated to do a feasibility study on the potential of a Caribbean professional football league. The committee is considered the final step before the …
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