Andrew Warshaw: Has Terry jumped rather than waiting to be pushed?

Andrew Warshaw_IWF

John Terry says his decision to quit playing for England broke his heart but will the footballing public be as sympathetic towards him as he might hope?

Whatever the verdict in his Football Association (FA) disciplinary hearing, there seems little doubt that at the end of Terry’s international career, opinion will be split over the legacy he left and how he should be judged.

Terry’s announcement, three months short of turning 32,

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CONCACAF appoints new Integrity Committee chair

CONCACAF Integrity_Committee

By Andrew Warshaw

September 23 – Former Barbados Chief Justice Sir David Simmons has been appointed to chair the newly formed Integrity Committee of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) in an attempt to improve the organisation’s credibility after 18 scandal-tainted months.

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UEFA to investigate Lazio racist chants at Spurs

Jermain Defoe_was_the_subject_of_alleged_racist_abuse_by_Lazio_fans_at_White_Hart_Lane

By Andrew Warshaw

September 21 – UEFA is coming under pressure to investigate the latest claims of racism in European football, this time by visiting Lazio fans at Tottenham Hotspur’s North London White Hart Lane stadium during last night’s Europa League game, which ended goalless.

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London 2012’s Coe to speak at Doha Goals

Lord Coe

By Andrew Warshaw

September 21 – Sebastian Coe, the face of this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games as the London 2012 chairman, has been signed up as one of the speakers for the inaugural Doha Goals forum on December 10-12, Qatar’s latest initiative to put itself on the sporting map.

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