{"id":155966,"date":"2015-09-30T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=155966"},"modified":"2015-09-29T20:15:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T20:15:39","slug":"ex-fifa-vp-jack-warner-banned-for-life-from-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/ex-fifa-vp-jack-warner-banned-for-life-from-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-FIFA VP Jack Warner banned for life from football"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has been banned from football for life.<\/p>\n

The 72-year-old Trinidadian is the former head of Caribbean and North and Central American football (Concacaf), but quit Fifa in 2011.<\/p>\n

He is fighting extradition to the US on corruption charges and denies accepting millions of dollars in bribes.<\/p>\n

Warner committed “many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly” said the football world governing body’s ethics committee.<\/p>\n

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In a televised address in Trinidad, Jack Warner said he feared for his life<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Fifa’s ruling follows its own investigation into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, which began looking at Warner’s activities in January 2015.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Fifa said Warner had been found guilty of violating the organisation’s code of ethics several times.<\/p>\n

A statement read: “In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments, as well as other money-making schemes.”<\/p>\n

Last week, Swiss prosecutors started criminal proceedings against Fifa president Sepp Blatter over an “unfavourable” contract – thought to refer to a 2005 TV rights deal between Fifa and Warner.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Warner emailed the Press Association saying: “I do not believe however that this will serve as the distraction to Fifa’s present problems as Fifa wishes it to be.<\/p>\n

“Given what is happening in Zurich with Blatter I wish to say that there is no such thing as coincidence.”<\/p>\n

Warner – who was one of football’s most powerful figures and whose support was seen as crucial for any World Cup host bid – was one of 14 current or former Fifa officials and associates who were indicted by United States authorities in May on bribery and racketeering charges.<\/p>\n

US prosecutors want to put Warner on trial and allege he has been involved in criminal corrupt practices for more than two decades.<\/p>\n

In June 2015, a BBC investigation found evidence of bribes paid to Warner.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Eduardo Li <\/strong>– one of the Fifa officials arrested in Zurich in May – has had his extradition to the United States approved.<\/p>\n

The Costa Rican is accused of taking bribes in connection with the sale of marketing rights for World Cup 2018 qualifying games.<\/p>\n

The former president of the Costa Rican Football Federation now has 30 days to appeal against the decision to allow his extradition, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice said.<\/p>\n

Jack Warner: The US charge sheet<\/strong><\/p>\n