bin hammam determined not to be fifa\s fall guy
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

Bin Hammam determined not to be FIFA\'s fall guy

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice Bin Hammam determined not to be FIFA\'s fall guy

Zurich - AFP

Mohamed Bin Hammam arrives in Zurich on Thursday desperate to save his career, as FIFA bid to draw a line beneath a corruption scandal that has blackened the image of the world\'s biggest sport. The 62-year-old stands accused of attempting to bribe Caribbean football officials to vote for him in the FIFA presidential election with cash gifts of $40,000 each, during a Caribbean Football Union (CFU) summit in May. A leaked FIFA ethics committee report seen by Britain\'s Press Association claimed there was \"overwhelming\" evidence against the Qatari, amid stories of brown envelopes stuffed with cash and clandestine meetings in hotel boardrooms. With former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, charged alongside Bin Hammam, having stood down from all football activities, Bin Hammam has been left to face the music alone. CFU officials Debbie Minguell and Jason Sylvester will also go before the ethics committee at FIFA headquarters on Friday, but all the attention will focus on the outcome of Bin Hammam\'s hearing, to be announced on Saturday. Prompted by reports that he will be banned from football for life, the former Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president -- suspended since May 29 -- came out fighting on the eve of his arrival in Switzerland. \"With just a few days to go before my hearing, there can be no doubt that there has been a campaign waged within certain quarters to ensure that I am seen to be guilty and eliminated from football in the court of public opinion, even before my hearing has started,\" he wrote on his blog on Wednesday. \"Despite these clear attempts to besmirch my name in the public domain, I will not allow my own suspicions to dash my hopes or to make me think, as some would wish, that I will have to travel a long and hard road to clear my name of the stain of this politically motivated affair. \"My years serving football and FIFA lead me to think, and presume, that at the very least the Ethics Committee will give me the fair hearing that I deserve, uninfluenced by political agendas or other interests. \"Notwithstanding the biasness and the absence of fair proceedings since the start of this trial, over the past seven weeks my legal team and I have been working very hard to provide convincing grounds that fair play was highly respected and observed throughout my election campaign... in accordance with FIFA’s own practices as laid down by its rules and regulations.\" Angered by leaks to the media from FIFA officials, Bin Hammam sees himself as a scapegoat for the corruption rumours that have swirled around the organisation ever since Qatar were sensationally awarded the right to host the 2022 World Cup in December last year. FIFA president Sepp Blatter pledged to rid the organisation of corruption after Bin Hammam\'s last-minute withdrawal from the presidential contest saw him elected unopposed for a fourth consecutive term in June. The 75-year-old has swatted aside concerns over the voting process that saw Qatar awarded the World Cup and will see the Bin Hammam affair as a golden opportunity to prove he is serious about cleaning up FIFA\'s image. Bin Hammam now finds himself squarely in FIFA\'s firing line, but even if he does become the first high-profile victim of his former ally Blatter\'s anti-corruption purge, he is unlikely to go quietly.

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

bin hammam determined not to be fifa\s fall guy bin hammam determined not to be fifa\s fall guy

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

bin hammam determined not to be fifa\s fall guy bin hammam determined not to be fifa\s fall guy

 



GMT 11:03 2018 Tuesday ,23 January

No end to eyesores at Taj Mahal

GMT 10:18 2018 Thursday ,30 August

Iran incapable of closing Hormuz, Bab Al Mandeb

GMT 10:31 2014 Tuesday ,23 December

Mirages of failure: Lebanon cannot wait

GMT 04:53 2016 Monday ,16 May

English Premier League results

GMT 05:06 2024 Tuesday ,06 February

New hunt for flight MH370 gets under way

GMT 06:15 2018 Tuesday ,23 January

Volkswagen clinches record sales

GMT 13:13 2016 Wednesday ,14 December

Unarmed old man killed by police in California

GMT 15:00 2017 Wednesday ,08 March

1 killed, 2 missing due to Avalanche in French Alps

GMT 12:07 2017 Saturday ,25 February

Renault’s R.S.17 features Infiniti co-built ERS

GMT 12:52 2017 Saturday ,04 November

Belgium 'to study' Spain's EU warrant for Catalan leader

GMT 08:40 2017 Wednesday ,01 November

Miss Morocco launch her first charity program

GMT 16:26 2016 Friday ,04 November

All Black brothers in arms ready for rare double

GMT 08:21 2017 Saturday ,30 September

Al Sayed underlines economic improvement

GMT 10:27 2017 Wednesday ,13 December

Strikes kill 12 in rebel-run Yemen prison camp

GMT 10:52 2017 Saturday ,14 October

NGOs slam UN aviation agency plan
 
 Emirates Voice Facebook,emirates voice facebook  Emirates Voice Twitter,emirates voice twitter Emirates Voice Rss,emirates voice rss  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

emiratesvoieen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen
emiratesvoice emiratesvoice emiratesvoice
emiratesvoice
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice