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Jack Warner banned from soccer for life
     2015-October-1  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    FOUR years after stepping down in disgrace, former FIFA vice president Jack Warner was banned from soccer for life Tuesday for repeated acts of bribery related to World Cup bidding votes.

    Warner, a long-time ally of president Sepp Blatter who was allowed to resign from FIFA in 2011 with his “presumption of innocence” maintained, is currently fighting extradition from Trinidad and Tobago on U.S. charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money-laundering.

    The decision by the FIFA ethics committee shows that judge Hans-Joachim Eckert will pursue officials long after they have left their jobs.

    A more pressing case for the ethics body is an investigation into Blatter, who was interrogated by Swiss prosecutors Friday in part over allegations he undervalued the awarding of World Cup television rights to Warner. Blatter, who denies wrongdoing, is at risk of being suspended by his own organization.

    Warner’s lifetime FIFA ban stems from Eckert’s report on the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

    As leader of the CONCACAF region from 1990-2011, Warner, 72, gained considerable influence in World Cup votes by the FIFA executive committee, of which he was a member for 28 years, and now the extent of his wrongdoing has been reinforced by Eckert.

    “Mr. Warner was found to have committed many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official in different high-ranking and influential positions at FIFA and CONCACAF,” the FIFA statement said.

    Warner is the second FIFA official to be suspended for life after American Chuck Blazer, 70, the one-time powerbroker of North American soccer who turned whistle-blower for the FBI.

    Former FIFA official Chung Mong-joon, who hopes to succeed Blatter in February’s election, said yesterday the leadership crisis is so severe that an emergency task force should be set up to run the game.

    (SD-Agencies)

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