Tag: Cayman Islands Football Association
Cayman forfeits Cuba game after first match win in WC
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Mens National Football Team was riding high on the road to the 2026 World Cup after a dramatic and historic win at the weekend over visitors Antigua and Barbuda in the second round qualifiers. But hopes of actually getting through this round have now been dashed after a decision has been […]
Cayman kicks off World Cup qualifiers on home turf
(CIFA): Cayman’s road to the FIFA World Cup begins this week in Grand Cayman. The Cayman Islands Men’s National Team kicks off its FIFA World Cup 26 CONCACAF qualifiers by hosting Antigua and Barbuda at 3:30pm on Saturday, 8 June, at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town. “We’re excited to get World Cup qualifying […]
Ex-football club boss denies jury tampering
(CNS): Allen Kennedy Ebanks, from George Town, pleaded not guilty on Friday when he appeared in Grand Court for the first time, facing allegations of jury tampering. Ebanks, who was the president of FC International when the George Town team was functioning, is accused of trying to influence one of the people sitting on the […]
CIFA fined, president banned over ‘misconduct’
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Football Association and its president, Alfredo Whittaker, have been found guilty of misconduct and neglecting to provide the required safeguards for the health and safety of players and others involved in a preliminary qualifier for the FIFA World Cup 2022. FIFA, the world football governing body, found that CIFA failed to […]
Canada merciless in 11-0 win over Cayman Islands
(CNS): Monday evening’s defeat for the Cayman Islands against Canada in the World Cup qualifiers was always a foregone conclusion, but the eleven-nil scoreline reflected a merciless hammering by the team ranked 73rd by FIFA, 120 places above our national team. Nevertheless, the local squad was provided with a rare chance to play against top-class […]
Watson and Blake silent at first court showing
(CNS): The charges against the former treasurer at the Cayman Islands Football Association, Canover Watson, and its current vice president, Bruce Blake, for alleged corruption and related offences have been transmitted to the Grand Court after the two men made their first court appearance Tuesday. Watson and Blake sat a clear distance apart as they […]
FIFA signals return of funding
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Football Association could soon see the much-needed funding from the global governing sports body return, after FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who visited Cayman Friday, said he had full confidence in the investigation into alleged financial crime at the local association. Last week Bruce Blake, who, despite his arrest, had been reinstated […]
Blake and Watson charged in CIFA case
(CNS) After what officials said was “a complex and protracted investigation” by the Anti-Corruption Commission, former Cayman Islands Football Association executives Bruce Blake and Canover Watson have been charged with a list of offences under various laws in relation to financial crimes at CIFA. The two men were arrested more than two years ago in […]
CIFA accounts reveal fraud allegations
(CNS): An audit of the Cayman Islands Football Association by Grant Thornton has revealed some details of the alleged fraud perpetrated against the local football body by former executives. In one of three audits of CIFA’s books, which the current president recently said would not be made public, former CIFA president Jeffrey Webb and his […]
Webb’s sentence postponed for ninth time
(CNS): The Cayman Islands’ one-time local football hero who fell spectacularly from grace almost four years ago in the massive global FIFA scandal has got another postponement in his sentencing hearing. Jeffrey Webb pleaded guilty in December 2015 but for the ninth time the New York court dealing with his case has agreed to push […]
$24M fine for marketing firm that bribed Webb
(CNS): Spanish sports media company, Imagina, which was caught up in the FIFA corruption scandal, having paid $3 million in bribes to Jeffrey Webb from the Cayman Islands, has been ordered to pay $24 million in fines and restitution by a New York judge after its affiliate company in the US pleaded guilty to bribery […]
