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Fifa slaps Warner with lifetime ban from football

Fifa’s ethics committee banned former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner from all football activity for life for a long list of "misconduct".

“Behind the numbers are real feelings

Mbalula gagged 2010 World Cup LOC

The sport and recreation minister hosted an extraordinary meeting and wrote a letter telling World Cup local organising committee members to keep mum.

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula.

Fifa $10-million – it looks, smells and tastes like a bribe

Stefaans Brümmer examines the evidence that the South Africa payment to Jack Warner was corrupt.

Fifa building.

Nine things you need to know about the Fifa scandal

From the bribes to the denials, Sarah Evans rounds up the Fifa corruption scandal.

SA in the dock for ‘buying’ 2010 Fifa World Cup vote

A $10-million bribe was allegedly paid by South Africa, laundered via Fifa. Danny Jordaan’s mayoral candidacy may be in the balance.

Former Fifa official spills the beans on TV rights trade

Former Fifa official spills the beans on TV rights trade

Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner says he was awarded World Cup TV rights for as little as $1 in return for helping Sepp Blatter win elections.

Jack Warner threatens to tell on Fifa’s Blatter

Jack Warner threatens to tell on Fifa’s Blatter

In a letter to a local newspaper, former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has promised damaging revelations about Sepp Blatter’s electioneering.

Jack Warner threatens to tell on Fifa’s Blatter

Ex Fifa boss Jack Warner bust talking ‘bribes’

A video showing Jack Warner telling Caribbean Football Union officials how to deal with cash gifts from Mohamed bin Hammam has been published.

Fifa dishes out life bans

Fifa dishes out life bans, suspends Concacaf official

Fifa suspended Lisle Austin for a year and and banned six Hungarian and Bosnian match officials for life for helping fix international friendlies.

Jack Warner talks ‘unfinished business’

Jack Warner talks ‘unfinished business’

Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner, who is also Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Works, has hinted at a return to football administration.

Fifa dishes out life bans

Fifa’s ‘compelling’ case of bribery

A preliminary report says there was "convincing and overwhelming" evidence that Mohamed bin Hammam and Jack Warner were involved in attempted bribery.

Fifa opens case against Concacaf vice-president

Fifa says it has opened disciplinary proceedings against Lisle Austin for breaching regulations by going to court to challenge his suspension.

New Fifa reform plea as Blatter denies crisis

New Fifa reform plea as Blatter denies crisis

English football chiefs have urged Fifa to scrap its corruption-tainted presidential election amid mounting calls for sweeping reform.

Blatter echoes call for World Cup legacy

Call for ‘deep reform’ of graft-tainted Fifa

Fifa faced fresh calls for sweeping reform on Tuesday despite denials from president Sepp Blatter that football’s governing body was in crisis.

New Fifa reform plea as Blatter denies crisis

Everything is fine, says Blatter, now move along …

Sepp Blatter has shrugged off the corruption allegations engulfing football’s governing body, denying the sport was in crisis.

I didn’t say Qatar was corrupt

I didn’t say Qatar was corrupt, says Fifa’s Valcke

Jerome Valcke has denied suggesting Qatar’s 2022 bid team were guilty of corruption in an email sent to scandal-tainted Jack Warner.

Fifa’s policemen arrive in Zimbabwe

Blatter must be stopped, says former ally

Fifa president Sepp Blatter must "be stopped", Jack Warner told Reuters on Sunday as he lashed out at the man he has backed for almost 30 years.

Fifa’s corruption ‘tsunami’

Jack Warner says "a football tsunami" will hit the sport’s world governing body when corruption allegations are investigated over the coming days.

Bin Hammam and other Fifa officials to be investigated

Fifa announced on Wednesday they have opened a corruption probe into four officials including Qatar’s Mohamed Bin Hammam and Trinidadian Jack Warner.

Fifa trying to stop release of bribe document, says BBC

Fifa has attempted to block the release of a document that reveals the identity of two officials forced to repay bribes, the BBC reported.