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FIFA probing Warner over World Cup ticket sales
FIFA & UEFA - 19 September, 2006
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A FIFA investigation will be launched by its disciplinary committee concerning vice-president Jack Warner possibly breaching rules on ticket sales.
Warner, in a leaked letter, accused FIFA general secretary Urs Linsi of being "hostile" and issuing "veiled threats" about the issue.
The fall-out could overshadow Lord Sebastian Coe's appointment as watchdog leader. Coe, chairman of the London 2012 Olympics, has agreed to head FIFA's new ethics commission which will judge all cases alleging conflicts of interest and breaches of FIFA rules.
Warner, a FIFA vice-president from Trinidad & Tobago, was identified by FIFA's auditors as being involved in the sale of World Cup tickets for several times their face value, a clear breach of FIFA rules.
"Certain numbers of tickets have been sold for a value four times higher, but that's what has to be investigated and found out by looking at the books of the stakeholders," Linsi said.
Warner has prepared a case alleging he is the victim of a smear campaign.
Warner, in a leaked letter, accused FIFA general secretary Urs Linsi of being "hostile" and issuing "veiled threats" about the issue.
The fall-out could overshadow Lord Sebastian Coe's appointment as watchdog leader. Coe, chairman of the London 2012 Olympics, has agreed to head FIFA's new ethics commission which will judge all cases alleging conflicts of interest and breaches of FIFA rules.
Warner, a FIFA vice-president from Trinidad & Tobago, was identified by FIFA's auditors as being involved in the sale of World Cup tickets for several times their face value, a clear breach of FIFA rules.
"Certain numbers of tickets have been sold for a value four times higher, but that's what has to be investigated and found out by looking at the books of the stakeholders," Linsi said.
Warner has prepared a case alleging he is the victim of a smear campaign.
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