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World Cup bid team compensated boss's wife with pearl pendant
NICK MCKENZIE AND RICHARD BAKER
July 1, 2010
FIFA vice-president Jack Warner with his wife Maureen, who received a $2000 pearl necklace from Australia's World Cup bid team. Photo: Getty Images
AUSTRALIA'S World Cup bid team gave the wife of FIFA vice-president Jack Warner a pearl necklace last year after a complaint from Mr Warner that she had missed out on pearl jewellery given 14 months before to the wives of other FIFA officials.
The gift was given after the formal World Cup bidding period had begun and when the Football Federation of Australia was seeking support for its bid from Mr Warner, who is on the FIFA executive committee that will decide later this year on who will host the 2018 and 2022 soccer World Cup.
The FFA said the gift - with an estimated value of $2000 - complied with FIFA rules, which specify that gifts must be incidental or symbolic in value.
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NICK MCKENZIE AND RICHARD BAKER
July 1, 2010
FIFA vice-president Jack Warner with his wife Maureen, who received a $2000 pearl necklace from Australia's World Cup bid team. Photo: Getty Images
AUSTRALIA'S World Cup bid team gave the wife of FIFA vice-president Jack Warner a pearl necklace last year after a complaint from Mr Warner that she had missed out on pearl jewellery given 14 months before to the wives of other FIFA officials.
The gift was given after the formal World Cup bidding period had begun and when the Football Federation of Australia was seeking support for its bid from Mr Warner, who is on the FIFA executive committee that will decide later this year on who will host the 2018 and 2022 soccer World Cup.
The FFA said the gift - with an estimated value of $2000 - complied with FIFA rules, which specify that gifts must be incidental or symbolic in value.
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