Warner gone, but not quite yet, as legal advice leaves him upbeat

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Central & North America

Published on Monday, 06 May 2013 10:58

By Andrew Warshaw
May 6 - Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, who resigned as a politician in his native Trinidad following explosive revelations about the way he ran football as head of CONCACAF, is refusing to go without a legal fight.

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Warner straight talks his way out of parliament dropping bombs on CONCACAF and FIFA on the way

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Published on Friday, 26 April 2013 11:49

By Andrew Warshaw
April 26 - Embattled former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, renowned for his often outrageous rants during a scandal-tarnished career in football, launched one final no-holds-barred attack on his critics Thursday as he reluctantly stepped down as a politician in his native Trinidad and Tobago.

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Man City favourites to take their Blue Moon to New York and the MLS

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Published on Friday, 26 April 2013 11:30

April 26 - Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber has said the league is hoping to announce a second franchise in New York in the next four to six weeks. That team will not be the New York Cosmos.

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Figueredo steps in for interim after Leoz's sudden exit

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Published on Thursday, 25 April 2013 11:51

By Andrew Warshaw
April 25 - Uruguay's Eugenio Figueredo (pictured) has taken over the running of South American football following the resignation of CONMEBOL president Nicolas Leoz.

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Voice of God insists USA meet Costa Rica at the Monster's Cave

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Published on Monday, 22 April 2013 12:03

By Mark Baber
April 22 - In a move that is being presented in some quarters as retaliation for their loss to USA in a blizzard in Colorado and in others as expected, the Costa Rican football federation has asked FIFA permission to play the return leg at the Saprissa Stadium which is known as "the Monster's Cave".

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Warner quits government post after CONCACAF revelations

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Published on Monday, 22 April 2013 09:54

By Andrew Warshaw
April 22 - The career of former FIFA vice president Jack Warner lies in tatters after he resigned from the Trinidad and Tobago government following explosive new accusations of corruption during his time as football's most controversial powerbroker. 

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US's Gulati wins seat at FIFA's top table by single vote

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Published on Friday, 19 April 2013 23:31

By Andrew Warshaw
April 19 - Sunil Gulati, head of the United States Soccer Federation, was narrowly elected to FIFA's executive committee by CONCACAF on Friday, defeating his only rival, Mexico's Justino Compean, by a single vote.

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Audit slays CONCACAFs one-time dynamic duo

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Published on Friday, 19 April 2013 23:16

By Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent
April 19 - Jack Warner (right) and Chuck Blazer (left), the one-time double act who fell out spectacularly and ended up as bitter foes, were denounced as "fraudulent in their management" of CONCACAF by an official report today.

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