Topic: CIFA
All-out drama in round 9 of the CIFA league
Action during Round 9 of the Cayman Islands Football Association Premier League included more than 15 yellow cards, five red cards, and a referee...
Trio to face trial on football fraud charges
Charmaine Moss and Canover Watson returned to Grand Court on Friday to face charges of fraud and corruption relating to the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).
Bodden Town Football Club suspended indefinitely
Bodden Town Football Club has been suspended from the Cayman Islands Football Association league after one of its players assaulted a referee during a...
Bodden Town FC batters Alliance FC
Bodden Town FC continued their dominance in the Cayman Islands Football Association Premier League Sunday night after winning their eighth consecutive match with a...
Cayman looks to face Pakistan in international friendly
The Cayman Islands men’s national football team is set to play in their first international friendly of the year against Pakistan on 12 Feb....
Academy SC bests George Town SC
Academy SC beat George Town SC 2-1 Saturday night at the Annex, in a contentious match which included three yellow cards, several altercations and...
Scholars ISC tops Roma Fusion in women’s football action
Despite starting the match with only nine players, Scholars ISC women’s squad managed to hold their opponents scoreless in the first half, pulling out...
Scholars ISC lose to rival Elite SC in league’s round 7
Elite FC laid waste to their neighbours Scholars ISC during their derby encounter in Round 7 of the Cayman Islands Football Association League on...
CIFA matches postponed
All six of the Round 7 matches in the Cayman Islands Football Association Premier League were postponed over the weekend because several of the...
CIFA Premier League set to resume
The Cayman Islands Football Association Premier League is set to resume this weekend for round seven after pausing for the holidays. Roma USC will...
Quarter-final games set for CIFA President’s Cup
Cayman Athletic SC came up short Sunday night in the Cayman Islands Football Association President’s Cup, with East End UFC mounting a comeback to...
Athletics SC forces early start to CIFA President Cup
A late addition to the Cayman Islands Football Association Men’s President's Cup moved up the start date of the competition from Saturday, 14 Dec.,...
Scholars International Sports Club has won four of the last five CIFA Premier League...
There’s one name at the top of the Cayman football pyramid and everyone else is chasing.
Scholars International Sports Club, founded in 1977, has won...
NEW: FIFA president to visit Cayman on Friday
The regional and global heads of the international game of football will be in Cayman Friday.
CIFA Youth Football Leagues: Boys Under 11 playoffs and Under 15 FA Cup begin
The Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) youth leagues continued on Saturday, with the highlights of the day involving the Boys Under 11 league playoffs and the first round of the Boys Under 15 FA Cup.
EDITORIAL – CIFA officials must leave no room for doubt
As a highly visible, youth-focused organisation, CIFA must embody the highest ethical principles. As role models for our children and representatives of our islands overseas, they should conduct themselves as leaders – with integrity, accountability, honesty and openness.
Senior referee to bring discipline to soccer administration
There are few things in sport that capture the imagination like a comeback.
Football association Vice President arrested
Local attorney and Cayman Islands Football Association Vice President Bruce Blake was arrested last week in connection with a corruption and money laundering probe.
Football association hires independent auditor
The Cayman Islands Football Association announced Thursday that it has appointed Grant Thornton as an independent auditor following a competitive tender process approved by FIFA.
Sea Swim, Frankenstein, Glow Party: This weekend’s top events
CUC and the Cayman Islands Amateur Swimming Association host the traditional 800m swim, open to all, and a 400m swim for the 12 and unders, which is not a timed event. (These events were rescheduled due to inclement weather on Oct. 8.)
Webb’s sentencing set for November
Cayman’s Jeffrey Webb will not learn his sentence in the FIFA racketeering investigation until at least November, according to officials in the U.S. District Court for New York State’s Eastern District.
Update: Webb sentencing put off
Cayman Islands businessman Jeffrey Webb faces potential prison time and deportation in connection with his role in the ongoing FIFA racketeering and bribery scandal at his sentencing hearing, scheduled for Friday in U.S. federal court.
Government will not play ball with CIFA
Sports Minister Osbourne Bodden says there will be no peace deal between government and the Cayman Islands Football Association until the entire executive committee has put itself up for free and fair elections.
Past football star Ramoon takes over cash-strapped CIFA
Former Cayman Islands national football team captain Lee Ramoon was elected Saturday to serve as president of the Cayman Islands Football Association.
CIFA to hold elections for Webb’s replacement
Two former Cayman Islands national team players are bidding to replace disgraced football chief Jeffrey Webb as the islands’ football association hosts its first contested presidential election in more than 20 years.
Webb’s FIFA plea deal sought from US court
Details of cooperation agreements between three key defendants in the ongoing FIFA corruption investigation, including a deal struck with Cayman’s Jeffrey Webb, are being sought by a U.S.-based news organization which filed a formal request with the federal court for those records earlier this month.
FIFA defendant, ex-Cayman resident Takkas sent to US
Former Cayman Islands resident Costas Takkas was extradited to the U.S. Tuesday, after spending nearly 10 months detained in Switzerland in connection with the ongoing FIFA bribery and corruption investigation.
Loans, gifts and graft: CIFA and CONCACAF’s Panama connections
A Panamanian company set up by Canover Watson that was allegedly used to receive a $1.1 million bribe payment from Traffic Sports to Jeffrey Webb is the same entity that had a controversial $600,000 loan agreement with the Cayman Islands Football Association, documents reveal.
Soccer bosses vote for reform ahead of election
Leaders of regional soccer federation CONCACAF, including Cayman’s Bruce Blake, met in Switzerland on Thursday to approve a series of reforms that the organization hopes will put an era of corruption and excess behind it.
Academy Sports Club gets upgrade
Academy Sports Club, which promotes football among Cayman’s youth, has received an upgrade to its facilities after three companies donated to the club.
CONCACAF drops kickback lawsuit
Regional soccer governing body CONCACAF has dropped its lawsuit against California travel company Cartan Tours, which it accused of paying kickbacks to its former president Jeffrey Webb to secure a lucrative business arrangement.
CIFA members involved with CarePay pharmacy deal
At least three members of the Cayman Islands Football Association, including Canover Watson and Jeffrey Webb, intended to benefit from the creation of a new pharmacy business.
Webb parties amid FIFA fallout
His best friend and someone he once described as “his brother” was sent to jail for seven years Friday.
EDITORIAL – FIFA scandal fallout: not just ‘not over,’ but barely begun
Canover Watson is in Northward Prison. Jeffrey Webb is under house arrest in Georgia. And yet the local fallout from the global FIFA scandal has barely started.
Lawsuit: US$1.2M in CIFA loans were ‘graft’
Some US$1.2 million in what were initially called loans granted to the Cayman Islands Football Association in 2013 have been described as “graft” in a lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court.
CarePay trial: CIFA centre of excellence cash not returned
A sum of $250,000 deposited in a Fidelity Bank account via the Cayman Islands Football Association through another local company was never returned to the company that paid it, Canover Watson testified Tuesday during his criminal trial.
Blake ‘heartbroken’ by latest CIFA claims
Cayman football boss Bruce Blake says he is “sad and heartbroken” by allegations that money intended for the national football Centre of Excellence may...
Cayman Premier League matches set for this weekend
The Cayman Islands Football Association’s Premier League is under way, with four matches being held over the coming weekend.
CONCACAF ‘contributions’ from FIFA on hold
FIFA, world football’s governing body, announced this week that it has put funding on hold “until further notice” for two of its confederations in the Americas – including one in the Caribbean and Central America.
Editorial Year in Review: FIFA, corruption
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Top stories of 2015: FIFA scandal puts Cayman in spotlight
A dawn raid at a luxurious Swiss hotel in May led to the crumbling of a soccer empire and thrust the Cayman Islands into the world spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
CIFA to launch GOAL project inquiry
The Cayman Islands Football Association has said it will appoint an independent committee to examine spending on its multimillion-dollar Centre of Excellence.
FIFA scandal: Cayman football in Webb’s shadow
In the United States, the trial of Jeffrey Webb is over before it began. Here in the Cayman Islands, however, the stain of Webb's legacy is only beginning to become apparent.
Webb fired from Cayman football association
Jeffrey Webb has been officially terminated as president of the Cayman Islands Football Association after pleading guilty to involvement in racketeering and bribery schemes at world football’s governing body, FIFA. CIFA’s executive committee said it would hold elections for the role “at its first congress in 2016,” though it has not set a date for the meeting.
Fallout from Webb guilty plea continues
Sports Minister Osbourne Bodden calls for an independent inquiry into Cayman football’s governing body in the wake of allegations that Jeffrey Webb embezzled funds intended for youth soccer programs.
CarePay trial: Football cash funneled into 'sham' account, claims Crown
Prosecutors said Wednesday that US$250,000 from the Cayman Islands Football Association found its way into a Fidelity Bank account initially set up to take in payments from the public healthcare system for the CarePay patient swipe-card contract.
Anti-Corruption Commission probing 12 cases
The Cayman Islands Anti-Corruption Commission is actively investigating 12 cases of corruption, and incoming complaints have dropped by more than half since 2012-2013.
FIFA course raises standards
Referees in Cayman are now more qualified after the Cayman Islands Football Association hosted a FIFA Referee Course.
Right attitude is a kick-off must
The new Cayman Islands Football Association season kicks off in earnest on Sunday and after the way the Charity Shield game ended last weekend, good behavior and exemplary sportsmanship should be at the forefront of all concerned.
Grassroots coaches will help next wave of aspiring footballers kick it
The Cayman Islands Football Association hosted the CONCACAF Grassroots Coaching Course at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex last weekend.
Women's coaching course held
The Cayman Islands Football Association hosted the FIFA Women’s Coaching Course at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex last week.
Refs on course to raise levels
The Referee Department of the Cayman Islands Football Association is intensifying its training sessions ahead of the new football season, which kicks off next month.
Child refs wanted
The Cayman Islands Football Association has launched a program to recruit as many children and youths as possible to become referees and officials.
Scotland steps down from CIFA
Former Sports Minister Mark Scotland has become the latest member of the Cayman Islands Football Association executive to step down from his role.
Maples continues CIFA funding, confirms Blake resignation
Law firm Maples and Calder will continue its sponsorship of grass roots football in the Cayman Islands despite recent controversies surrounding the game’s local governing body.
CIFA had $17K loss on World Cup tickets
The Cayman Islands Football Association had a loss of almost $17,000 on buying and selling World Cup tickets, according to its financial statements for 2013/2014.
Unnamed companies gifted almost $1M to CIFA
Almost $1 million in loans from unnamed private companies have been re-assigned as sponsorship income in the Cayman Islands Football Association’s 2013/14 accounts.
General secretary resigns from football association
The turmoil surrounding the Cayman Islands Football Association increased Tuesday as acting general secretary Paul Macey announced his resignation.
Football leader re-elected; corruption probe possible
Football boss Bruce Blake has promised full cooperation with any investigation into the Cayman Islands Football Association’s finances after being confirmed as acting leader of the organization.
Blake remains defiant as election looms
Acting head of the Cayman Islands Football Association Bruce Blake has shrugged off government’s decision to pull funding from the organization and insists he is the man to take the sport forward.
Moxam, Roulstone respond to CIFA
Renard Moxam and Sharon Roulstone issued a public statement on Thursday afternoon, questioning the decision to block them from running for election to leadership positions on the Cayman Island’s Football Association executive.
CIFA rejection a kick in the shins
The upcoming CIFA elections could have constituted a fresh start for a troubled organization. Instead, the “re-elections” appear to reinforce the worst possible suspicions about CIFA’s lack of transparency and accountability.
Government to pull football funding amid election row
Government is pulling its funding from the Cayman Islands Football Association amid concerns about the handling of leadership elections.
Statement from CIFA
The Cayman Islands Football Association responds to media reports and Sports Minister Osbourne Bodden's comments from last week.
Sports minister questions football association’s election process
Sports Minister Osbourne Bodden has called on the Cayman Islands Football Association to hold “free and fair elections” on its leadership.
Moxam's CIFA leadership bid thwarted
Bruce Blake looks set to be re-elected unopposed as first vice president and acting president of the Cayman Islands Football Association after Renard Moxam’s nomination to stand for election was rejected.
CIFA lines up more courses for officials
The Cayman Islands Football Association has organized several courses for the rest of 2015, providing certification opportunities to coaches and administrators.
Scholars Sevens kicked off well as Academy kids capture title
Scholars International Sports Club organized the first of its community fundraisers at the TE McField Annex on Saturday.
Moxam seeks to lead football association
Renard Moxam is bidding to lead the Cayman Islands Football Association saying the organization needs a fresh start under new leadership following negative publicity in the wake of the corruption allegations that have shaken the world game.
