In the week of World Press Freedom Day, investigative reporter Andrew Jennings finally published his book “Foul!” with stories about bribes, vote rigging and ticket scandals in FIFA. It happened in the face of massive resistance from FIFA which since September 2005 has tried to stop the publication and recently succeeded in getting a ban on the sale of the book in Switzerland.

FIFA vice-president Jack Warner did not receive a punishment from FIFA's Executive Committee when it met to discuss what should happen to Warner after he had been found guilty of a conflict of interest by FIFA's Committee for Ethics and Fair Play back in February.

In a surprising about-turn FIFA has now agreed to lift all planned restrictions on digital publication of photographs from the upcoming World Cup in Germany. Now newspapers can publish all the photos they want on their websites and they can do it while the match is still being played.

According to FIFA, print media can superimpose headlines on photographs from the football World Cup and blog directly from football matches even if pictures can not be published on the Internet until after the final whistle.

Troubles continue to build in Trinidad and Tobago for FIFA vice president Jack Warner. A government minister and the Trinidad Expres are now asking FIFA what it knows about a strange deal Jack Warner put together in order to fund four stadiums built for the 2001 World Youth Championships staged in the small island state.

FIFA vice president Jack Warner has been found guilty of violating FIFA’s Code of Ethics because of his involvement with a travel agency that sells tickets to the World Cup in Germany. Next month FIFA’s Executive Committee will decide whether the penalty for the violation should be expulsion.

Trinidad Express reporter Lasana Liburd has continued his investigations into the affairs of FIFA vice president Jack Warner and has now uncovered evidence that Warner has not been telling the truth about the amount of money that the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF) will receive from FIFA for appearing in the World Cup.

In an about-turn, FIFA has now decided to grant accreditation to cover the World Cup to reporter Lasana Liburd of the Trinidad Express. Earlier in January, Liburd was denied accreditation by the local Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF) after writing a series of articles which incurred the wrath of FIFA vice-president Jack Warner.