JACK WARNER RUMORS & GOSSIP
“You think it just happened? You forget.”
Former CONCACAF President Jack Warner has admitted to selling CONCACAF’s thirty votes in the 1998 FIFA election to current FIFA President Sepp Blatter for $6 million USD, giving him his entire margin of victory. This was only the most shocking admission in a nearly two hour speech given by Warner to his parliamentary constituency in Trinidad. The speech was given in response...
Australia defends funding grant to Trinidad
The Australian football federation has defended a decision to fund a stadium upgrade in Trinidad, highlighted in a damaging ethics report into former FIFA powerbroker Jack Warner, saying it was fulfilling its mandatory requirements in the World Cup bidding process.
A report by the Confederation of North and Central American and Caribbean Football ethics and integrity committee last...
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April 23, 2013
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Warner resigns from Cabinet post
Ex-world soccer powerbroker Jack Warner resigned as national security minister of Trinidad & Tobago some 48 hours after a regional soccer group's ethics panel accused him and another top former official of enriching themselves through fraud.
In a brief statement Sunday night, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said that Warner offered to resign from her Cabinet and that...
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April 21, 2013
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Trinidad opposition seeks Jack Warner resignation
The leader of Trinidad's main opposition party is seeking the resignation of former soccer executive Jack Warner, who currently serves as the island's national security minister.
Opposition leader Keith Rowley said late Friday that he will present the issue for debate in Parliament next week.
Warner has been a special adviser to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation...
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April 20, 2013
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Blazer, Warner accused of fraud
The former president and secretary general of the Confederation of North and Central American and Caribbean Football enriched themselves through fraud during their terms with the organization, said a report by CONCACAF's ethics and integrity committee released Friday.
The committee presented an extensive report on the activities of former President Jack Warner and former Secretary...
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April 20, 2013
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