By Andrew Warshaw
October 19 – Chuck Blazer, the FIFA official who blew the whistle on the biggest bribery scandal in the organisation’s history, has launched a strongly worded rebuttal of a full-scale attack on him by former colleague Jack Warner, describing it as “garbage” and “an amazing work of fiction”.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 15 – Video transcripts of disgraced ex-FIFA vice-president Jack Warner suggesting his Caribbean colleagues were free to accept gifts from former FIFA Presidential hopeful Mohamed Bin Hammam have been handed over to the Attorney General in Warner’s native Trinidad, according to reports.
By David Gold
October 14 – FIFA has welcomed the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) decision to abandon its appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against world football’s governing body for not punishing five Mexican players who tested positive for clenbuterol prior to the CONCACAF Gold Cup earlier this year.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 14 – Exactly a week before FIFA President Sepp Blatter unveils his eagerly anticipated anti-corruption plans, the infamous cash-for-votes scandal claimed four more senior officials tonight in the conspiracy’s latest raft of sanctions.
By David Gold
October 12 – Trinidad and Tobago’s Football Federation (TTFF) will pay more than TT$4 million (£2.4 million/€3 million) to 13 players who played in the 2006 World Cup as compensation following a dispute between the two parties over revenues from their participation in the tournament, which was held in Germany.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 12 – The hearing into the roles played by 15 Caribbean officials in the FIFA bribery scandal is using explosive video evidence of ex-FIFA vice-president Jack Warner (pictured) urging them to accept cash gifts, it was reported today.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 10 – The FIFA bribery investigation reaches another significant milestone today when 15 Caribbean officials face an Ethics Committee hearing into their involvement in the biggest scandal in the organisation’s history.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 7 – Chuck Blazer, the FIFA official who blew the whistle on the biggest bribery scandal in the organisation’s history, has gone into more detail behind his decision to step down as general secretary of his deeply divided Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).
By David Gold
September 27 – The Bermuda Football Association (BFA) President Larry Mussenden (pictured) has warned his country’s Sports Minister Glenn Blakeney that FIFA could ban the country from international competition if he presses ahead with an inquiry into their finances.
By David Gold
September 26 – Jennifer Pogorelec O’Sullivan spoke of her delight at the opportunity to work with “the best female soccer players in the world” after being appointed as the chief executive of Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS).
By Andrew Warshaw
September 24 – The scandal-rocked Caribbean Football Union (CFU) will elect a new chief on November 20 to replace Jack Warner who resigned from all football activities after being suspended in the wake of the FIFA cash-for-votes debacle.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 23 – The ongoing FIFA bribery scandal snared yet another victim today when the President of the Guyana Football Association, Colin Klass, was banned for 26 months by the organisation’s Ethics Committee.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 19 – The eagerly awaited hearing into 15 Caribbean officials charged for their alleged involvement in football’s most infamous cash-for-votes scandal is expected to take place between October 10 and 14, insideworldfootball has learned.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 13 – Former FIFA vice President Jack Warner has accused football’s world governing body of “devastating” the lives of many officials and “destroying friendships” in their relentless effort to clean up the game.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 9 – FIFA have terminated a multi-million pound TV deal for the 2014 World Cup after discovering the rights had been sublicensed to a company owned by Jack Warner, their former senior vice-president who resigned from all footballing activities after being charged in the recent bribery and corruption scandal.