By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
June 11 – A panel of legal experts have been appointed by the Trinidad and Tobago Government to advise them on whether FIFA vice-president Jack Warner (pictured) should be allowed to combine his football roles with his position as the country’s Minister of Works and Transport.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
June 8 – Jack Warner has vowed that he will ignore calls in Trinidad and Tobago to step down from his positions as a vice-president of FIFA and President of CONCACAF and stay in his roles as long as he can use it to help his country.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
May 29 – Jack Warner (pictured), the FIFA vice-president, has been sworn in as Trinidad and Tobago’s new Minister of Works and Transport and has admitted that he will have to step down from a number of key football roles.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
May 27 – Jack Warner (pictured) claimed today that he is set for a senior role in Trinidad and Tobago’s new Government but that it would not affect his position with FIFA.
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By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
May 26 – A match between Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica has been proposed to celebrate the re-election of FIFA Executive Committee member Jack Warner (pictured) as an MP in his country’s General Election, which saw a coalition of opposition parties, including Warner’s United National Congress (UNC), sweep to power.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
May 23 – Former Manchester United star Dwight Yorke (pictured) has been accused of betraying his former Trinidad and Tobago team-mates in the on-going row over unpaid bonuses from the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
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By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
May 22 – A group of Trinidad and Tobago players, led by Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones, have held a press conference in Port-of-Spain to warn that they will not give up on trying to get the bonuses they claim they are still owed for playing in the 2006 World Cup.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
May 5 - Jack Warner, the FIFA vice-president, has written to the head of Trinidad and Tobago’s police demanding they investigate allegations the Government is bankrolling British investigative journalist Andrew Jennings to discredit him ahead of the country’s elections later this month.
By David Owen
May 4 – FIFA President Joseph Blatter has sent a message of support to Jack Warner, in the wake of allegations he is waging a covert campaign to evict the CONCACAF President from world football’s governing body.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
May 2 – FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has been accused by 13 Trinidad and Tobago players, including Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones (pictured) and former West Ham United goalkeeper Shaka Hislop, of trying to mislead the public about a row over unpaid bonuses from the 2006 World Cup.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
April 25 – Jack Warner, the highly-influential vice-president of FIFA, has turned down a trip to meet Vladimir Putin next month to discuss Russia’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup and has temporarily stepped away from his international football commitments.
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April 22 – Montreal is set to become the 19th team in the Major League Soccer (MLS), it has been revealed.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
April 12 – David Beckham’s injury will have a big negative impact on Major League Soccer (MLS) this season but will not prevent it from continuing to pursue its ambition of becoming one of the major competitions in world football, its head promised today.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
March 20 – The new Major League Soccer (MLS) season will kick-off as planned in the United States next week after a deal – reached with the help of Landon Donovan (pictured) – was hammered-out to prevent the players going out on strike.
March 20 – Franz Beckenbauer has praised the new Red Bull Arena, New York’s first purpose-built football stadium, which was officially opened today with an exhibition match against Pele’s old club, Santos.