Football

DOHA, (Reuters) – Suspended Asian soccer chief  Mohamed bin Hammam is unhappy at the way information was leaked  during a bribery investigation but wants a fair trial when he  appears at a FIFA Ethics Committee meeting later this month.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Fallen power Australia are not  even thinking about a return to the top of the test rankings,  according to coach Tim Nielsen, as the team seek to rebuild  following their humiliating Ashes defeat to England.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A British Government inquiry into  corruption allegations surrounding World Cup bids has accused  FIFA of trying to brush aside the evidence and has questioned  president Sepp Blatter’s commitment to reforming the  organisation.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – A frustrated Lionel Messi said a joke goal had complicated Argentina’s Copa America start as the hosts struggled to impose themselves in their 1-1 draw with Bolivia in the tournament’s first match on Friday.

Tucville Secondary and North Georgetown Secondary won the boys and girls’ titles respectively as the curtains came down on the Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy football finals  at Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground Saturday afternoon.

Referees named to officiate in the inaugural GT&T Fastball tournament attended a Workshop yesterday at GT&T Canteen aimed at sensitizing them with new innovative rules of the competition ahead of the official launch next weekend in Linden.

Jack Warner, the controversial former FIFA executive committee member who was at the heart of a corruption investigation until he resigned this week, is set to pick up a five-figure annual pension for life as a result of his decision to stand down.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean Football Union vice-president Colin Klass says the regional governing body for the sport is resilient and will survive the recent turmoil springing from the cash-for-vote scandal.

LONDON, (Reuters) – FIFA’s ethics committee found  “comprehensive, convincing and overwhelming” evidence that  Mohamed bin Hammam and Jack Warner were involved in attempted  bribery, according to the preliminary report that led to the  suspension of the two officials.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Embattled ex-football executive Jack Warner has hit back at international media reports which claimed yesterday that FIFA’s ethics committee had found compelling evidence against him following an investigation into bribery allegations.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) in tandem with the National Sports Commission (NSC) kicked off their Club Futsal Football competition last Tuesday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company yesterday extended the period for teams to be registered for the Fastball competition that will kick off on July 6 in Linden.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) Monday called on the Commissioner of Police to continue the probe into bribery allegations against Works and Transport Minister Austin Jack Warner, who tendered his resignation as vice president of the International Football Federation (FIFA).

LONDON, (Reuters) – Jack Warner, who had threatened  a “tsunami” of revelations about the way soccer is run, quit as  FIFA vice president yesterday, prompting the sport’s governing  body to drop an investigation into bribery allegations against  the Trinidadian.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Sports Minister Anil Roberts has described Jack Warner’s resignation from FIFA as a serious blow to the country and the Caribbean.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jack Warner, who resigned yesterday as one of the most powerful figures in world football, has thrown his support behind embattled Barbadian Lisle Austin to head CONCACAF.

WASHINGTON DC,  CMC – For Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz to reach their first CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final in 13 years, they will have to do what they have never done in their history – beat the United States.

Tucville Secondary and North Georgetown girls and Christ Church boys team recorded victories when action in the ScotiaBank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy continued at the Carifesta Sports Complex (CSC) and National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Grounds recently.

(BBC) Current president Sepp Blatter says Fifa will be plunged into “a black hole” if rival Mohamed Bin Hammam wins next month’s leadership election.

LONDON, (Reuters) – FIFA presidential candidate  Mohamed Bin Hammam criticised Sepp Blatter yesterday for  donating $20 million to Interpol to help combat match-fixing,  claiming the idea was never approved by FIFA’s executive  committee.