Jack Warner quits

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):

Football strongman Jack Warner yesterday quit as a vice-president of football's world governing body, FIFA, ending a probe into a bitter corruption scandal that has rocked the Caribbean and global fraternity.

A brief statement on the FIFA website said that Warner had resigned from his post in international football, effective immediately.

The resignation was prompted by an allegation against the 67-year-old football supremo that he and former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam had offered US$40,000 to national associations of the Caribbean Football Union at a meeting here on May 10 and 11, in return for their votes in the FIFA presidential election on June 1.