FIFA MIRED IN CORRUPTION CLAIMS
May 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTERNATIONAL football federation FIFA is struggling to protect its reputation against corruption claims sparking the provisional suspension by its ethics committee of vice-president Jack A Warner, from Trinidad, and Qatari executive committee member Mohamed bin Hammam. Both were accused of trying to bribe Caribbean Football Union (CFU) members for votes in an upcoming FIFA presidential vote. Bin Hammam, whose country hosts the World Cup finals in 2022, was challenging incumbent Sepp Blatter, but has now withdrawn. The committee also suspended ...
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