Four years earlier, Warner was not so kind towards Canada. In a remarkable September 2000 interview in his Port-of-Spain office, Warner showed his he couldn't wait to see Canada lose to his native Trinidad and Tobago in an upcoming World Cup qualifying match.
"I'll take extreme pleasure," he said. "Not special (pleasure), special is too mild. I wear the CONCACAF hat, but (Sunday) I won't."
Warner said Canada hadn't deserved to win the CONCACAF championship. Canada had beaten T&T 1-0 en route to the Gold Cup win.
"Nothing Canada has done since the Gold Cup has given me any cause for worry. ... I expect them to come with all their guns firing, but they only have blanks," he said.
"I don't know any other way," Warner said when asked about his unflattering comments. "My strength -- or weakness as you wish to look at it -- is in my candour."
Holger Osieck, the Canadian coach at the time, put Warner's comments down to a sore loser.
Warner also delivered a tirade against Sportsnet for a suggestion during a broadcast of a T&T win over Canada in Edmonton that his country's position in the FIFA world rankings was due to his high position in FIFA. The Canadian telecast was shown in Trinidad and Tobago.
IMO, another reason to support local soccer. While there are lot of BS politics involved in soccer in this province, and country, it doesn't even remotely stretch to the level of corruption at FIFA.
IMO, another reason to support local soccer. While there are lot of BS politics involved in soccer in this province, and country, it doesn't even remotely stretch to the level of corruption at FIFA.
Indeed! Because once we get local soccer going they're going to need a FIFA of their own! And then it's Locke's turn!
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I'd need to know more about the financial side of this arrangement. Is it a $5 bill and a loonie? Four toonies? $5 bill and four quarters?
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“Such suburban models are being rationalized as ‘what people want,’ when in fact they are simply what is most expedient to produce. The truth is that what people want is a decent place to live, not just a suburban version of a decent place to live.”
I hope this sparks a revolution in world football to be honest. I hope UEFA stops tiptoeing around the subject, and goes rouge.
UEFA should breakaway from FIFA and ask the remaining federations asking to start a new world organization with them.
The same UEFA that is looking to loosen FFP?
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“Such suburban models are being rationalized as ‘what people want,’ when in fact they are simply what is most expedient to produce. The truth is that what people want is a decent place to live, not just a suburban version of a decent place to live.”
Nike is being implicated as part of this whole scandal.
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Nike Inc. said it’s cooperating with authorities on the same day the U.S. unsealed charges saying an unidentified sportswear company took part in bribing a Brazilian soccer official for a sponsorship agreement.
The deal described in an indictment of FIFA officials mirrors one obtained by Nike. The charges refer to a U.S. company that signed a partnership with the Brazilian federation in 1996. Nike, based in Beaverton, Oregon, announced its decade-long pact with Brazil that year.
“Nike believes in ethical and fair play in both business and sport and strongly opposes any form of manipulation or bribery,” the company said Wednesday in an e-mailed statement. “We have been cooperating, and will continue to cooperate, with the authorities.” Nike, which isn’t named in the indictment, declined to comment on the allegations.
Nike shares fell 0.6 percent to $102.84 on Wednesday in New York. The stock has gained 7 percent this year.
Yes. UEFA is not a perfect organization. But compared to FIFA, it is.
There obviously needs to be stricter spending and financial rules governing Europe's clubs for fairer competitions, but FIFA sure won't be the one spearheading that. You can take that to the "bank"
