Caribbean

Oliver Camps has announced his resignation as president of the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) after blasting the “current climate” that exists within FIFA.

Chuck Blazer, the FIFA Executive Committee member who played a key role in exposing apparent corruption at the heart of global football administration earlier this year, is to resign as secretary general of the Confederation of North and Central American and Caribbean Football (CONCACAF).

FIFA set a 48-hour deadline yesterday for Caribbean football associations to explain their part in the meeting that led to Mohamed bin Hammam’s life ban.

The battle for power at the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) took another twist on Thursday as ousted acting president Lisle Austin claimed a court ruling would allow him to return to office.

Jack Warner has quit as a vice-president of FIFA just weeks after promising a “football tsunami” of revelations in response to his suspension from the global governing body for alleged corruption.

ESPN International and Fox Sports Latin America have acquired pay-TV broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League and Europa League covering Central and Latin America.

CONCACAF, the football body that represents North, Central American and Caribbean countries, has called for FIFA to award the region an extra place at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has unveiled a new three-year broadcast deal with ESPN.

First Citizens will sponsor Trinidad and Tobago’s cricket team at the upcoming Caribbean Cup T20 cricket tournament, which gets under way on January 9 in Antigua.

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) has appealed against the Port of Spain High Court decision that it should honour an agreement with 13 of its 2006 World Cup squad players and also pay the legal costs of a four-year court battle.

Sprinter Usain Bolt has extended his sponsorship deal with Puma, Europe’s second-largest sporting-goods maker, until the end of 2013 in what has been reported as the most-lucrative endorsement ever for a track and field athlete.

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) has been ordered by the country’s High Court to honour its agreement to pay bonuses to the player in the national squad that took part in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

The government of Trinidad and Tobago has appointed a panel of legal experts to advise whether Jack Warner should be permitted to combine his role of FIFA vice-president with his position as the country's Minister of Works and Transport.

The Twenty20 World Cup is being given the thumbs-up by local and travelling fans, pleased at the low ticket prices and relaxed attitude to what they can bring to eat and drink at stadiums.

Jamaica’s Minister for Tourism is expecting “rich rewards” for the country’s tourism industry as a direct result of the performances of its athletes at the World Athletics Championships.

Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) chief executive Forbes Persaud said leading figures in the country's cricket body are considering breaking away from the West Indies.