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FIFA bans former Dominica PM John, 5 more Caribbean officials in Bin Hammam bribery plot

GENEVA — FIFA banned six more Caribbean officials on Friday for their part in an alleged bribery plot involving former presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam.

The exiled officials include Patrick John, the former prime minister of Dominica, who was barred from all football activity for two years and fined 3,000 Swiss francs ($3,300), FIFA said

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A Dominican Can Do Anything, I Thought.

SteinbergWhen I heard Shane Shillingford was in Delhi for the India/West Indies encounter, I remembered brief moments in his journey and his ultimate resilience. With discipline, a Dominican can do anything, I thought.

There’s too, something in Shane Shillingford’s bowling that’s quantum cool.

Well, here’s the extract as it appears in my book An Unassuming Love: Black Memory, A Traveloguer And Cricket (www.steinbergh.com & www.xlibris.com)

 

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