Federation

Former T&T Football Federation (TTFF) president Oliver Camps says he is in danger of losing his home and all of his belongings because he trusted former Fifa vice president Jack Warner too much.

A couple of decades ago, I set off from the Guardian’s offices and walked a few blocks to Jack Warner’s offices higher up St Vincent Street. I was mildly intimidated by the assignment, which was to provide images for a business story by my late friend and colleague, Terry Joseph. I was insulated from much of the impact of my subject’s considerable fame through my lifelong disinterest in sports generally and football in particular.

In the eyes of Rio Claro residents, Jack Warner is seen as a man of the people, a fighter, a Robin Hood, a doer of no wrong, and a rebel with a cause.

It was in late April 2000 that Jack Warner arrived in England from Trinidad for his latest visit to see his friends at the Football Association and enjoy their hospitality, as England’s bid to host the 2006 World Cup moved up a gear.

Long-time local football legend Russell Latapy was the feature attraction at the St Mary’s Grounds, St Clair, yesterday, as the Flow Legends Community Outreach Programme continued their mandate to give back to the children through football.

Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) president Oliver Camps has turned on longtime friend and ex-TTFF Special Adviser Jack Warner who is now facing extradition charges over multiple allegations of corruption while he was vice-president of FIFA and president of CONCACAF.

As we passed the fourth industrial complex en route from Port of Spain airport to the hotel, I was shaking my head. This just couldn't be right.

Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee has described Senator Brent Sancho as “the worst Sport Minister ever” as the relationship between the two bodies appears to now be at breaking point.