Lester Peltier smashed a hat-trick as under-pressure Trinidad and Tobago beat Barbados 4-0 in a CONCACAF 2014 World Cup qualifier.
Otto Pfister’s side needed to win the match after a surprise 2-1 defeat to Bermuda in Hamilton meant the Soca Warriors were already three points behind Group B rivals Guyana in their bid to move into the next stage of qualification. And they delivered in style as Peltier hit the first three at Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain before Hughton Hector added a fourth.
Also in Group B, Bermuda and Guyana drew 1-1 to further boost Pfister’s side as Ricky Shakes levelled for the visitors following John Barry Nusum’s opener for the hosts.
Canada and Puerto Rico drew 0-0 in Toronto to leave the hosts frustrated and the visitors out of contention. While the draw meant Puerto Rico cannot move into the next round from Group D, they were happy with a case of ‘mission accomplished’ as Canada took the initiative without making a breakthrough.
St Kitts and Nevis drew 1-1 at home to St Lucia.
In Group C, Panama smashed Nicaragua 5-1 as Blas Perez hit a hat-trick and Luis Tejada scored two for the home side.
Antigua and Barbuda enjoyed a 10-0 rout of an awe-struck US Virgin Islands in Group F, with Tamarley Thomas and Peter Byers scoring hattricks.
Haiti drew 2-2 with Curacao.
In Group E, Guatemala beat Belize 3-1 while Group A action saw the Dominican Republic overcome hosts Suriname 3-1 and El Salvador were 4-0 winners against Cayman Islands.
The Soca Warriors have won three of their second-round qualifiers for Brazil 2014 to date, and their strong position in Group B suggests Hyland’s faith is well-placed. They face a group finale against Guyana on 15 November that could seal their place in the third round.
It has taken Trinidad and Tobago several years to regroup after their exploits at Germany 2006. However, with a new star in the shape of captain and Stoke City striker Kenwyne Jones, Hyland believes the Warriors have “all the ingredients to qualify [for Brazil 2014] and stay at the top for a long time.”
“It’s time for Trinidad and Tobago to prove that we are capable of taking centre stage," he said.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Guyana lose Sarwan to injury again
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| Ramnaresh Sarwan |
Injury-plagued West Indies batting star Ramnaresh Sarwan has been ruled out of this month’s Regional Super 50 Championship after failing to recover in time from a back problem.
The 31-year-old was named in Guyana’s 14-man squad pending the results of a fitness test scheduled for last Friday October 14, and played in a practice match on Thursday scoring 68 in a confident looking 78-ball innings.
However, the right-hander reported discomfort while fielding and opted out of the fitness test after advice from West Indies team physio CJ Clark and the Guyana team trainers.
“Sarwan explained that while there Ramnaresh Sarwan was minor discomfort while he was batting in the practice match on Thursday, he was stroking the ball well and batting was not a problem,” Reon King, the Guyana Cricket Board’s cricket development officer, said.
“He, however, said he encountered difficulties while fielding and thought it wise not to attempt the fitness test after explaining his condition and how he felt to Clarke and the team’s trainers.”
He was subsequently withdrawn from the squad and replaced by former Test batsman Travis Dowlin.
“The GCB has no choice, at this time, other than to request a replacement to the squad, from the WICB,” the Guyana Cricket Board said in a brief media statement. “The GCB’s national senior selectors have selected Mr. Travis Dowlin to replace Mr Sarwan.”
The blow is yet another major setback for Sarwan who was also ruled out of the Bangladesh tour because of injury.
He is expected to continue remedial physiotherapy treatment under the guidance of Clarke and Guyana team physio Beverly Nelson.
Sarwan, who has played 173 ODIs since his first 11 years ago, remains one of the region’s top batsmen and averages over 40 in both Test and one-day cricket.
His 462 runs and three centuries when Guyana last won the Regional 50-overs title in 2005 remain limited overs records.
The 31-year-old was named in Guyana’s 14-man squad pending the results of a fitness test scheduled for last Friday October 14, and played in a practice match on Thursday scoring 68 in a confident looking 78-ball innings.
However, the right-hander reported discomfort while fielding and opted out of the fitness test after advice from West Indies team physio CJ Clark and the Guyana team trainers.
“Sarwan explained that while there Ramnaresh Sarwan was minor discomfort while he was batting in the practice match on Thursday, he was stroking the ball well and batting was not a problem,” Reon King, the Guyana Cricket Board’s cricket development officer, said.
“He, however, said he encountered difficulties while fielding and thought it wise not to attempt the fitness test after explaining his condition and how he felt to Clarke and the team’s trainers.”
He was subsequently withdrawn from the squad and replaced by former Test batsman Travis Dowlin.
“The GCB has no choice, at this time, other than to request a replacement to the squad, from the WICB,” the Guyana Cricket Board said in a brief media statement. “The GCB’s national senior selectors have selected Mr. Travis Dowlin to replace Mr Sarwan.”
The blow is yet another major setback for Sarwan who was also ruled out of the Bangladesh tour because of injury.
He is expected to continue remedial physiotherapy treatment under the guidance of Clarke and Guyana team physio Beverly Nelson.
Sarwan, who has played 173 ODIs since his first 11 years ago, remains one of the region’s top batsmen and averages over 40 in both Test and one-day cricket.
His 462 runs and three centuries when Guyana last won the Regional 50-overs title in 2005 remain limited overs records.
Confident T&T: National team off to Guyana for Regional Super 50
Trinidad and Tobago will be looking to dominate the 2011 Regional Super50 Tournament in Guyana over the next two weeks and prove they are still one of the top teams in the Caribbean.
National coach Kelvin Williams said his team remain focussed and confident they can regain the limited overs title, insisting they will have to be ruthless in their approach in order to lift the newly-named Clive Lloyd Trophy. “Of course we are quietly confident going into the competition,” Williams said.
The coach noted that T&T usually do well in Guyana, which is where they won their last two 50-over crowns in 2008 and 2009, and is confident his players have the talent and experience to do well again.
“I still believe we have the experience in the team to overcome that. Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra We have been playing cricket so I am not concerned that our practice matches were rained out. We just came back from India (where they played in the Champions League T20), the guys have been training and we have one day of practice in Guyana on Wednesday to fine-tune so I am sure we will be ready,” Williams added. The T&T coach also highlighted the importance of the competition for his players.
“It is a tournament we need to put up our hands and win. It eluded us last year and it is important for us to go to Guyana and play the type of cricket that the people of Trinidad and Tobago know we are capable of playing. It is about success and that is important, especially with how we finished in India. We have a lot to play for. The players know that and they need this one.”
And the coach said the absence of team regulars Lendl Simmons, Adrian Barath, Darren Bravo, Ravi Rampaul, Kieron Pollard and Denesh Ramdin-- all on duty with the West Indies squad in Bangladesh--only opens up new opportunities for the other players to step into the team and make a name for themselves.
Some of the players coming into the T&T side include Windies Under-19 all-rounder Derone Davis and wicketkeeper Steven Katwaroo, as well as off-spinner Sunil Narine and medium pace all-rounder Kevon Cooper, all of whom are yet to represent T&T in the 50-over arena.
“I think it is a perfect opportunity for some of these players to put up their hands and assume the mantle of responsibility. That is why they have been selected. They have that air about them, they can shoulder the responsibility and I am confident that when needed, they will put their hand up,” said Williams.
The Regional Super50 bowls off on Wednesday October 19, with the day/ night semi-finals, on October 26 and 27, and final on October 29 to be broadcast live on ESPN from Providence, Guyana.
National coach Kelvin Williams said his team remain focussed and confident they can regain the limited overs title, insisting they will have to be ruthless in their approach in order to lift the newly-named Clive Lloyd Trophy. “Of course we are quietly confident going into the competition,” Williams said.
The coach noted that T&T usually do well in Guyana, which is where they won their last two 50-over crowns in 2008 and 2009, and is confident his players have the talent and experience to do well again.
“I still believe we have the experience in the team to overcome that. Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra We have been playing cricket so I am not concerned that our practice matches were rained out. We just came back from India (where they played in the Champions League T20), the guys have been training and we have one day of practice in Guyana on Wednesday to fine-tune so I am sure we will be ready,” Williams added. The T&T coach also highlighted the importance of the competition for his players.
“It is a tournament we need to put up our hands and win. It eluded us last year and it is important for us to go to Guyana and play the type of cricket that the people of Trinidad and Tobago know we are capable of playing. It is about success and that is important, especially with how we finished in India. We have a lot to play for. The players know that and they need this one.”
And the coach said the absence of team regulars Lendl Simmons, Adrian Barath, Darren Bravo, Ravi Rampaul, Kieron Pollard and Denesh Ramdin-- all on duty with the West Indies squad in Bangladesh--only opens up new opportunities for the other players to step into the team and make a name for themselves.
Some of the players coming into the T&T side include Windies Under-19 all-rounder Derone Davis and wicketkeeper Steven Katwaroo, as well as off-spinner Sunil Narine and medium pace all-rounder Kevon Cooper, all of whom are yet to represent T&T in the 50-over arena.
“I think it is a perfect opportunity for some of these players to put up their hands and assume the mantle of responsibility. That is why they have been selected. They have that air about them, they can shoulder the responsibility and I am confident that when needed, they will put their hand up,” said Williams.
The Regional Super50 bowls off on Wednesday October 19, with the day/ night semi-finals, on October 26 and 27, and final on October 29 to be broadcast live on ESPN from Providence, Guyana.
‘If only I knew’ - Mother reflects on last moments with son killed by goalpost
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| Six-year old Javani |
“It was 94 students on roll up to yesterday; it’s now 93.”
The statement by principal Kerrol Lyons of Chester Primary School in St Ann reflected the deep sense of loss being experienced by the entire Chester community after the death of six-year-old grade-one student Javani Bailey.
“A little girl here, she was playing ‘Mama Lashie’ with Javani. She says she still feels like she’s playing with him,” Lyons said in summing up the mood at the school.
Javani died on Tuesday October 11 after a goalpost he and other children were playing with fell on his head. It was a cruel blow for the woman who lost her mother just five months ago. It was made worse by the fact Six-year old Javani that she had initially decided not to send Javani to school and, after leaving the house to go to Montego Bay in St James, turned back to get him and his nine-year-old sister ready for school.
“Mi say, ‘Papa (her pet name for Javani), yuh know mi nuh feel fi sen yuh go a school today’; an him say, ‘Mommy, since yuh nuh waa sen mi, nuh worry sen mi’,” she recalled.
The last words she heard from Javani, as she put him and his sister in a taxi, were “Mommy, later”.
Javani’s aunt, Merona Morgan, said she was at a friend’s shop when some children came and told her that Bajeo had died.
“So mi say, ‘How Bajeo fi dead an Bajeo up a yard?’ Because mi talk to him in the morning an him say him not going to school,” Morgan recalled.
Morgan, along with the principal and two friends, assisted by a female driver who lives in the community, rushed the child to the St Ann’s Bay Hospital.
Later, it was a friend who called Francis, while she was in Montego Bay, and told her that something was wrong. The message was that Javani fell and the goalpost hit him in his head. That got her extremely worried. But then her sister called with the news that she dreaded most.
Francis said she would remember mostly “the way how him loving to mi. If anything wrong with mi, him would say, ‘Mommy, nuh worry’. Him always kiss mi if mi a cry an’ say, ‘Mommy, nuh cry; nuh cry, Mommy, everything a go alright’.”
Javani died in his aunt’s arms on the way to hospital. When the vehicle reached Priory, she said she felt Javani take his last breath. He was pronounced dead minutes later at the hospital.
The statement by principal Kerrol Lyons of Chester Primary School in St Ann reflected the deep sense of loss being experienced by the entire Chester community after the death of six-year-old grade-one student Javani Bailey.
“A little girl here, she was playing ‘Mama Lashie’ with Javani. She says she still feels like she’s playing with him,” Lyons said in summing up the mood at the school.
Javani died on Tuesday October 11 after a goalpost he and other children were playing with fell on his head. It was a cruel blow for the woman who lost her mother just five months ago. It was made worse by the fact Six-year old Javani that she had initially decided not to send Javani to school and, after leaving the house to go to Montego Bay in St James, turned back to get him and his nine-year-old sister ready for school.
“Mi say, ‘Papa (her pet name for Javani), yuh know mi nuh feel fi sen yuh go a school today’; an him say, ‘Mommy, since yuh nuh waa sen mi, nuh worry sen mi’,” she recalled.
The last words she heard from Javani, as she put him and his sister in a taxi, were “Mommy, later”.
Javani’s aunt, Merona Morgan, said she was at a friend’s shop when some children came and told her that Bajeo had died.
“So mi say, ‘How Bajeo fi dead an Bajeo up a yard?’ Because mi talk to him in the morning an him say him not going to school,” Morgan recalled.
Morgan, along with the principal and two friends, assisted by a female driver who lives in the community, rushed the child to the St Ann’s Bay Hospital.
Later, it was a friend who called Francis, while she was in Montego Bay, and told her that something was wrong. The message was that Javani fell and the goalpost hit him in his head. That got her extremely worried. But then her sister called with the news that she dreaded most.
Francis said she would remember mostly “the way how him loving to mi. If anything wrong with mi, him would say, ‘Mommy, nuh worry’. Him always kiss mi if mi a cry an’ say, ‘Mommy, nuh cry; nuh cry, Mommy, everything a go alright’.”
Javani died in his aunt’s arms on the way to hospital. When the vehicle reached Priory, she said she felt Javani take his last breath. He was pronounced dead minutes later at the hospital.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Gayle recommended for Jamaica captain
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| Chris Gayle |
Chris Gayle could be back in charge of the Jamaica national team for this month’s WICB Regional Super50 Championship in Guyana.
Gayle has been recommended as captain of the team and is awaiting ratification from the Jamaica Cricket Association.
“In terms of naming a captain, it has to be ratified by the board, so we can’t say anything about that,” chairman of the National Selection Panel Courtney Daley said. “But we have recommended (a captain).”
Gayle has not captained Jamaica over the last three years, but would bring plenty of experience to the position having been a former national and West Indies captain.
Jamaica has not won this version of the game in the last four years, but have shown their strength in the first-class game with four back-to-back regional titles.
Gayle’s presence in the side will be a major boost to Jamaica’s batting and should enhance their chances of winning.
Reports also indicated that the Jamaicans have included the uncapped pair of Jermaine Blackwood and Kenardo Lewis in their 14-man squad for the tournament which opens on October 19.
The Jamaicans are scheduled to leave for Guyana on October 17 and play Leeward Islands in their opening match on October 20 at the Guyana National Stadium.
The other sides in Group B are Trinidad and Tobago and Combined Campuses & Colleges.
Christopher Henry “Chris” Gayle (born 21 September 1979 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican cricketer.
Ganga bats for Sarwan as Windies captain
Trinidad and Tobago skipper Daren Ganga believes Guyanese batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan was not given a fair chance to captain the West Indies team.
In 2007, Sarwan succeeded the retired Brian Lara as captain of the regional team but the stylish righthander’s stint at the helm of the Windies was cut short during the second Test against England in May 2007 with a shoulder injury.
The injury was serious enough to rule him out of the remainder of the tour and for a further ten months. Sarwan returned to the West Indies side in 2008 for the home series against Sri Lanka, as vice-captain to Chris Gayle and was never given a chance to lead the team again.
His career has been in a mini-slump recently and was dropped from the team for the Pakistan series at home following a poor performance at the 2011 ICC World Cup.
“It is baffling to me that there was a guy like Ramnaresh Sarwan who was always playing second fiddle as vicecaptain and yet he was never given a fair chance to lead West Indies.
“I can recall him playing under Carl Hooper and Brian Lara and being vice-captain for years. He hasn’t been given that opportunity to lead even in two or three consecutive series. There is no structured manner and clear philosophy and guideline in terms of selecting a captain and players,” he said.
Ganga has been repeatedly overlooked for selection on the team in recent years despite being touted as an excellent captain. His form with the bat has been cited as not good enough to warrant a place in the regional squad even though his leadership qualities were recognised.
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has, however, seemed to renege on their previous criteria for selection in appointing St Lucian Darren Sammy as captain.
Sammy has a modest batting record of 16.32 in Tests and has taken 46 wickets from 16 matches. His batting ODI record is poor with an average of 20.30 and 46 wickets from 63 matches. Commenting on the apparent hypocrisy of the WICB selectors, Ganga was hesitant to state his feelings.
“I don’t like to comment too much on guys who are given the opportunity to lead, because I don’t know the premise of the board in terms of decision making and what their intentions are,” he said.
Guyanese “Bassant Motorsports“ Team in CASC - Ontario Region series
The Canadian Automobile Sports Clubs (CASC), Ontario Region, http://www.casc.on.ca/ , has just completed their 2011 season.
Taking part in the GT Sprints Championship in GT6 was Bassant Motorsports who are of Caribbean background. The team was born in Guyana in a motorsport series that lacks representations from the Caribbean community.
Motorsports is big in the Caribbean. For example, look at the Caribbean Motorsports Championships being held in Jamaica, Barbados and finishing up in Guyana in November. Yet, Canada lacks these skillful driver’s from the Caribbean.
Dereck Bassant, a racer with Bassant Motorsports, is 36 years old and was born in Guyana. When interviewed by Caribbean Xpress about how he became interested in racing he said, “growing up in Guyana, me and my two brothers used to always drive dump trucks. I came to Canada and Dereck Bassant was still interested but didn`t pursue it yet because of financial reasons.”
In 2009 he attanded the Caribbean Championship in Guyana and said to himself, “I can do this.” He returned to Canada and got his racing license soon after.
He did not race much for the rest of the year due to the passing of his father. However, in 2010 he raced half a season, and then the full 2011 season.
Bassant Motorsports was competing in the CASC-OR, which is the official sanctioning body of motorsports in Ontario in the GT-6 class and GT-5 class (separate series).
Bassant Motorsports was racing a 2001 Nissan Sentra in GT-6 of the GT Sprints series. There were a total of 8 race weekends from May 2011 to October 2011 of which each race weekends comprises of three 20 minute races(all weekends except one).
Although, the Bassant Motorsports car # 203 is classified in GT-6, it races together with all of the different classes(GT-1/GT-2/GT-3/GT-4/GT-5/GT-6) on the track at the same time. It is by far the fastest motorsports series in Canada with speeds in excess of 272 km/h.
The two tracks that were used were: Shannonville Motorsports Park(SMP) and Mosport International Raceway (MIR). Here are the standings of some the races Dereck was competing in with his series:
The Ontario GT Sprints 2011 Season Points - Shannonville - May 28, 2011
1) Dereck BASSANT 107 points
2) Colin GIBSON 84 points
3) Sean GIBSON 54 points
CASC - Mosport Celebration of Motorsport - Race 1 - October 1, 2011
1) Colin GIBSON
2) Dereck BASSANT
3) Alex TOTH
CASC - Mosport Celebration of Motorsport - Race 2 - October 2, 2011
1) Colin GIBSON
2) Jonathan RASHLEIGH
3) Dereck BASSANT
CASC - Mosport Celebration of Motorsport - Race 3 - October 2, 2011
1) Colin GIBSON
2) Jonathan RASHLEIGH
3) Dereck BASSANT
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| Dereck Bassant |
Taking part in the GT Sprints Championship in GT6 was Bassant Motorsports who are of Caribbean background. The team was born in Guyana in a motorsport series that lacks representations from the Caribbean community.
Motorsports is big in the Caribbean. For example, look at the Caribbean Motorsports Championships being held in Jamaica, Barbados and finishing up in Guyana in November. Yet, Canada lacks these skillful driver’s from the Caribbean.
Dereck Bassant, a racer with Bassant Motorsports, is 36 years old and was born in Guyana. When interviewed by Caribbean Xpress about how he became interested in racing he said, “growing up in Guyana, me and my two brothers used to always drive dump trucks. I came to Canada and Dereck Bassant was still interested but didn`t pursue it yet because of financial reasons.”
In 2009 he attanded the Caribbean Championship in Guyana and said to himself, “I can do this.” He returned to Canada and got his racing license soon after.
He did not race much for the rest of the year due to the passing of his father. However, in 2010 he raced half a season, and then the full 2011 season.
Bassant Motorsports was competing in the CASC-OR, which is the official sanctioning body of motorsports in Ontario in the GT-6 class and GT-5 class (separate series).
Bassant Motorsports was racing a 2001 Nissan Sentra in GT-6 of the GT Sprints series. There were a total of 8 race weekends from May 2011 to October 2011 of which each race weekends comprises of three 20 minute races(all weekends except one).
Although, the Bassant Motorsports car # 203 is classified in GT-6, it races together with all of the different classes(GT-1/GT-2/GT-3/GT-4/GT-5/GT-6) on the track at the same time. It is by far the fastest motorsports series in Canada with speeds in excess of 272 km/h.
The two tracks that were used were: Shannonville Motorsports Park(SMP) and Mosport International Raceway (MIR). Here are the standings of some the races Dereck was competing in with his series:
The Ontario GT Sprints 2011 Season Points - Shannonville - May 28, 2011
1) Dereck BASSANT 107 points
2) Colin GIBSON 84 points
3) Sean GIBSON 54 points
CASC - Mosport Celebration of Motorsport - Race 1 - October 1, 2011
1) Colin GIBSON
2) Dereck BASSANT
3) Alex TOTH
CASC - Mosport Celebration of Motorsport - Race 2 - October 2, 2011
1) Colin GIBSON
2) Jonathan RASHLEIGH
3) Dereck BASSANT
CASC - Mosport Celebration of Motorsport - Race 3 - October 2, 2011
1) Colin GIBSON
2) Jonathan RASHLEIGH
3) Dereck BASSANT
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Time’s up! - FIFA’s 48-hour ultimatum to CFU runs out
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| Mohamed bin Hammam |
Acting president of the embattled Caribbean Football Union (CFU), Jamaican Captain Horace Burrell, says he expects all members yet to cooperate with FIFA’s Ethics Committee investigations into bribery allegations to comply in time to meet a 48-hour ultimatum issued by the world governing body of the sport.
FIFA has given Caribbean football leaders a last chance to explain their part in a Trinidad meeting where Mohamed bin Hammam allegedly offered them bribes, or face the possibility of life bans from football.
“All members of the CFU have agreed that they will comply with the latest FIFA order, and I expect that they will,” said Burrell, who is also president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF).
Football’s scandal-hit governing body sent letters Monday July 25 setting out a today deadline for CFU members to provide “truthful and complete” versions of events.
“Any person who has relevant information but does not come forward during this 48-hour period will be subject to the full range of sanctions,” FIFA said in a statement.
Of nine countries that are on record of co-operating with investigators, Burrell categorically stated that Jamaica was one of them.
“We (JFF) have co-operated with these investigations and were present at the Bahamas meetings conducted by former FBI director Louis Freeh, who is leading the investigation on behalf of FIFA. We spoke with Mr Freeh and the meeting was respectful from both sides,” said the CONCACAF Executive Committee member.
The CFU membership had refused to meet with Freeh and his team for interviews in Miami, but some complied when the venue was switched to the less prejudicial Bahamas last month. “Some members were not able to attend for various reasons,” Burrell said yesterday.
Last month as the story unravelled about the cash-for-vote that resulted in bin Hammam being banned for life by FIFA’s ethics committee on Saturday, Burrell had defended Jamaica by declaring that “we were neither offered nor received” any gifts. He has maintained that position.
The Qatari bin Hammam was accused of offering US$40,000 cash bribes to Caribbean officials to back his later-abandoned presidential bid to unseat Sepp Blatter.
In its letter to all 25 CFU members on Monday, FIFA asked “the associations, their presidents and any of their members... (for) knowledge of anything that transpired” in Trinidad at a May 10-11 conference, which bin Hammam acknowledges that he paid for.
“Following this 48-hour period, the ethics committee will be asked to open the necessary ethics proceedings,” the FIFA correspondent said. “Truthful and complete reporting will be considered in mitigation by the ethics committee when deciding on potential sanctions,” it added. With at least nine Caribbean countries said to have co-operated with FIFA’s investigation into the bribery claims, and a 10th — Cuba — was not present in Trinidad for the controversial meet.
Of the 15 remaining CFU members, 12 wrote testimonies denying the allegations
and supporting bin Hammam and Caribbean football powerbroker Jack Warner when they first appeared before FIFA’s ethics panel in May.
Those supporters were targeted in recent weeks by FIFA investigators, led by Freeh, but some did not cooperate or did not accept invitations to be quizzed in Miami and the Bahamas last month.
The sanctions threatened by FIFA could potentially remove the Caribbean’s most experienced football leaders.
Most are longtime allies of Warner, who avoided the ethics panel’s scrutiny by resigning from all his football positions last month, including his 28-year seat on FIFA’s executive committee, and his presidencies of the CONCACAF regional confederation and the CFU.
FIFA said Warner maintained a “presumption of innocence” as he returned to his job as a government minister in his native Trinidad and Tobago. Bin Hammam denies wrongdoing and has pledged to appeal his lifetime ban.
Two CFU staffers, Debbie Minguell and Jason Sylvester, got one-year bans from FIFA on Saturday for their part distributing the cash payments. Meanwhile, Burrell said he is anxious to see the ugly matter laid to rest and that the CFU can return to being a united family.
“It is important to remove this cloud and return to the business of getting the family back together and focused on the business of football... it is indeed a challenging time for Caribbean football and for me to take the reins at this time, but as leaders we have to expect this kind of thing,” he ended.
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