Jack Warner resigns as Fifa vice-president

• Suspended vice-president quits all international positions • Fifa: ‘presumption of innocence is maintained’ Jack Warner, the man at the centre of the Fifa bribery scandal, has resigned from all his positions in international football. Warner, the longest-serving member of Fifa’s executive committee, had been suspended pending the outcome of a bribery inquiry. Fifa said the ethics committee procedures against him “have been closed and the presumption of innocence is maintained”. Warner had been suspended last month pending an investigation into claims that he and the Fifa presidential challenger Mohamed bin Hammam had offered financial incentives to members of the Caribbean Football Union. World football’s governing body released a statement on Monday which read: “Jack A Warner has informed Fifa about his resignation from his posts in international football. Fifa regrets the turn of events that have led to Mr Warner’s decision. “His resignation has been accepted by world football’s governing body, and his contribution to international football and to Caribbean football in particular and the Concacaf confederation are appreciated and acknowledged. “Mr Warner is leaving Fifa by his own volition after nearly 30 years of service, having chosen to focus on his important work on behalf of the people and government of Trinidad & Tobago as a cabinet minister and as the chairman of the United National Congress, the major party in his country’s coalition government. “The Fifa executive committee, the Fifa president and the Fifa management thank Mr Warner for his services to Caribbean, Concacaf and international football over his many years devoted to football at both regional and international level, and wish him well for the future. “As a consequence of Mr Warner’s self-determined resignation, all ethics committee procedures against him have been closed and the presumption of innocence is maintained.” Jack Warner Fifa Football politics guardian.co.uk

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