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St Lucia's Arnold Henry on Life, Basketball and His New Book

By Alexander Britell After an extremely difficult childhood growing up in Castries, St Lucia, Arnold Henry became the first St Lucian to receive a Division 1 Men’s College Basketball scholarship in the United States as a freshman at the University […]

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Trinidad Opposition to PM: Fire Warner

Above: M.P. Keith Rowley and Minister Jack Warner The opposition People’s National Movement in Trinidad and leader Keith Rowley have called for Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to fire Trinidad Minister Jack Warner, who has been embroiled in a controversy involving […]

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FIFA Probe: Evidence of $40,000 in Bribes to Caribbean Football Officials

FIFA President Sepp Blatter (Photo: FIFA) A report by FIFA’s ethics committee found that evidence existed to support allegations that Caribbean soccer officials received $40,000 in gifts. The initial allegations saw the suspension, and later resignation, of FIFA vice president […]

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Jack Warner Quits FIFA

Jack Warner (Photo source: FIFA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Works Minister and FIFA Vice President Jack Warner has resigned from FIFA, in addition to leaving his other posts as head of CONCACAF and the Caribbean Football Union. Accordingly, […]

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Jamaica's Reggae Boyz Singing a Happier Tune for Caribbean Football

Above: Demar Phillips (Photo source: CONCACAF) By Alexander Britell In the face of an ongoing FIFA scandal, Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz are bringing the sport’s attention to the West Indies in a far more positive light. With the football world’s eyes […]

Edward Seaga: Warner Must Resign

Edward Seaga, left, and Jack Warner Former Jamaican Prime Minister and current President of the Football Association of Jamaica, Edward Seaga, called for embattled Trinidad Minister Jack Warner, the suspended head of CONCACAF, to resign. “We cannot continue this thing […]

Report: Caribbean Football Officials Ask FIFA for New Investigator

FIFA President Sepp Blatter (Source: FIFA) Some Caribbean football officials have expressed their displeasure with the appointment of Louis Freeh, former head of the U.S.’s Federal Bureau of Investigation, as head of FIFA’s inquiry into the bribery scandal. “The investigation […]

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Bahamas Football Association President Exposed FIFA Corruption

Bahamas Football Association President Anton Sealey led a group of Caribbean officials who exposed the alleged bribery that took place at a Trinidad-based meeting concerning the presidential bid of Asian Football Confederation President Mohammed Bin Hammam, who has been suspended […]

Acting CONCACAF President Gives Blazer 48 Hours to Explain Investigation

FIFA photo Concacaf Secretary General Chuck Blazer has been given two days to explain why he decided to investigate members of the football body. Barbados’ Lilsle Austin, who assumed temporary control of Concacaf after Jack Warner was suspended by FIFA’s […]

Caribbean Football Officials Warned

Following the suspension of Trinidad’s Jack Warner, CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer has warned that any Caribbean officials involved in a controversial meeting in Trinidad to pay back cash allegedly given at the time. An investigation has been launched into […]

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Trinidad's Warner Suspended by FIFA

Source: FIFA Trinidad’s Minister of Transport and Works and FIFA Vice President Jack Warner is among two FIFA officials suspended by football’s governing body ahead of an ethics probe. Warner, along with Qatar’s Mohammed bin Hammam, the head of Asia’s […]

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