By Andrew Warshaw
August 19 – Scandal-tarnished former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has claimed he has no case to answer after being linked in his homeland with a £250,000 ($392,000/€318,000) cheque he allegedly received from Qatar while involved with world football’s governing body.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 14 – Colombian-born Enrique Sanz has been appointed the new general secretary of CONCACAF, effective July 25, as the Confederation of North and Central America and the Caribbean continues its attempt to restore its credibility.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 8 – The new President of CONCACAF, Jeffrey Webb, is remaining coy over details of a possible joint tournament with CONMEBOL in 2016 that would pit together North and South America.
By David Gold
July 6 – A disappointing period for David Beckham has continued after he was banned by Major League Soccer (MLS) for one match after provoking a brawl during a league game.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 3 – The fallout from last year’s cash-for-votes scandal involving Caribbean FIFA members has taken another twist with the news that the Dominica Football Association has voted to bar their President Patrick John for the remainder of his term of office.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 25 – The cash-for-votes scandal that led to former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner resigning in disgrace from all footballing activities is clearly having no effect on his political career after he was appointed Minister of National Security in his native Trinidad and Tobago.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 3 – Disgraced former FIFA powerbroker Jack Warner’s fierce denial that he had anything to do with secretly owning a Centre of Excellence in his native Trinidad and Tobago that was supposed to belong to entirely to CONCACAF has been exploded by the local media in Port of Spain.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 1 – Trinidad and Tobago’s chief prosecutor says further investigations may be needed into how around $1 million (£652,000/€811,000) was brought into the country and paid to Caribbean football officials in last year’s cash-for-votes bribery scandal.
By Duncan Mackay
May 29 – Disgraced former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner will not face any criminal action in his native Trinidad and Tobago for his involvement in an alleged bribery scandal that forced him to resign from the world governing body last year, it has been announced.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 28 – A bid to throw last year’s cash-for-votes whistleblower Chuck Blazer out of FIFA’s inner sanctum failed when not enough nations supported the move.
By David Gold
May 25 – ONE World Sports (ONS) has signed a three year extension to its coverage of Japanese, South Korean and Chinese football in the United States.
By Andrew Warshaw in Budapest
May 23 – Just when it hoped to enter a new era of honesty and integrity, world football’s CONCACAF region was plunged into unprecedented bloodletting today as yet more stunning allegations of corruption burst into the public domain.
By Andrew Warshaw in Budapest
May 23 – Jeffrey Webb was formally elected the new President of FIFA’s scandal-hit Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) region today, saying he was “truly humbled and honoured” to lead the organisation and promising a new era of accountability and transparency.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 22 – Barring a last-minute hitch, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) will name Jeffrey Webb as its new President tomorrow, heralding in a new era of transparency for the troubled region.
By David Gold
April 9 – Hope Solo (pictured), the Olympic gold medal winning goalkeeper of the United States women’s football team, has signed a sponsorship deal with Seiko Watches.