Tag: Bruce Blake
CIFA digs in over rejection of challengers
(CNS): The local football body is standing by its decision to reject the nominations of two possible challengers to the entrenched executive committee at the annual general meeting and elections this weekend. Despite significant concerns about CIFA against the backdrop of the current FIFA scandals and investigations around the world, including the catalogue of charges […]
CIFA nomination trouble worries sports minister
(CNS): Osbourne Bodden said he was concerned to hear the Cayman Islands Football Association had rejected the nominations of two challengers for official CIFA posts in what he said sounded like a very undemocratic process. The sports minister told CNS that he was not only surprised by the decision but confused as to what provisions […]
Miller: CIFA’s books need open audit
(CNS): The independent MLA for North Side has called on the sports minister to audit the books of the local football association to ensure the more than $127,000 that goes to the Cayman Islands football Association from the public purse is being used properly. However, Minister Osbourne Bodden responded that CIFA does provide financial returns for the […]
Bank reviews transaction, Blake takes over at CIFA
(CNS): The vice president of CIFA and local attorney, Bruce Blake, has been appointed as acting president of the local football body after an emergency executive meeting last night just short of a week after the arrest of Jeffrey Webb in the FIFA corruption probe. Meanwhile, Fidelity Bank has said it is “conducting an internal […]
CIFA executive to meet as scandal rolls on
(CNS): The first vice president of the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA), Bruce Blake, has confirmed that the executive committee of the local football body will be meeting Monday night and plans to issue a press release Tuesday in relation to the FIFA investigation and CIFA President Jeffrey Webb’s arrest in Switzerland. Meanwhile, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority […]
