JACK WARNER RESIGNS BUT MORE TROUBLE FOR HIM ON THE HORIZON

A high powered football delegation headed by FIFA president Joseph Blatter wrapped up a three-nation swing through the Caribbean on Thursday, ahead of Friday’s XXVIII CONCACAF Ordinary Congress in Panama City.

FIFA PRESIDENT: JOSEPH BLATTER

FIFA Vice President and CONCACAF President, Jeffrey Webb, and Secretary General Jérôme Valcke accompanied Blatter on a three-day tour which included visits to the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Cuba.

The tour was intended mainly to inaugurate FIFA’s Goal Projects in the region.

The delegation visited various Goal Projects including the ‘Joseph Blatter’ Technical Centre, named in honour of FIFA’s President. They also participated in the inauguration of the Pan-American football stadium.

FIFA'S VP: JEFFREY WEBB

Meanwhile, the BBC reports that a former top figure in international football, Jack Warner, has resigned as Trinidad and Tobago's minister of security amid an inquiry into fraud.

Investigators at the Caribbean, North and Central American international football body, CONCACAF, has accused Mr Warner of embezzlement but he has denied any wrongdoing.

JACK WARNER

Mr Warner stepped down as CONCACAF's president and his role with FIFA in 2011, after being accused of paying bribes to Caribbean associations.

A CONCACAF ethics panel accused Mr Warner and former secretary general Chuck Blazer of enriching themselves through fraud during their time with the football body.

They are accused of failing to disclose that a US$25.9m Centre of Excellence was built on Mr Warner's land and that Mr Blazer received $20m from CONCACAF.

CHUCK BLAZER

Neither Mr Warner nor Mr Blazer co-operated with the investigation, which was based on documents and 38 interviews, and Mr Blazer has also denied any wrongdoing.