Central America

Former Guatemalan Football Association (FENAFUTG) president Brayan Jiménez has become the latest ex-Fifa official to be handed a life ban by world football’s governing body.

The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has announced the hosts of the five qualification tournaments for its showpiece World Championships event, which will be held in Hamburg later this year.

Victor Montagliani, president of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf), has said the organisation will discuss the possibility of more than one country from its membership bidding to host the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has today (Monday) unveiled a major overhaul of its club competition model, including the introduction of a new tournament that will allow the participation of more teams from the region.

The Ethics Committee of world football’s governing body Fifa has today (Monday) handed life bans to two senior officials from Honduras as part of the latest sanctions resulting from the wide-ranging corruption scandal in the sport.

Gordon Derrick of Antigua has been cut from the list of candidates to become the next president of Concacaf, football’s governing body in North and Central America and the Caribbean, after failing to pass a background integrity check.

Former Fifa vice-president Alfredo Hawit pleaded guilty yesterday (Monday) in a US federal court to four conspiracy charges relating to bribery schemes associated with football commercial rights.

The World Series of Fighting – Global Championship (WSOF-GC) has secured two new strategic partnerships that will enable the mixed martial arts (MMA) series to expand into the UK and Costa Rica, while rival series One Championship has agreed a deal with the Asia-Pacific arm of the ESP Properties agency.

The International Surfing Association (ISA) has announced that this years’ edition of its World Surfing Games will be staged in Costa Rica, whose national team won the competition in Nicaragua last year.

The Central American Football Union (UNCAF) has awarded hosting rights for the 2017 Copa Centroamericana national team tournament to Panama.

Gordon Derrick, president of the Caribbean Football Union, and Canadian Soccer Association president, Victor Montagliani, have confirmed that they will run to become the next leader of the troubled Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) regional governing body.

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has unveiled a sweeping reform package as it seeks to clean house following a second Fifa corruption scandal in the space of four years.

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has appointed restructuring specialist Alvarez & Marsal to oversee an overhaul in its operations following the Fifa corruption scandal.

North America’s Major League Baseball (MLB) is set to launch an Amateur Prospect League in Nicaragua, according to the Associated Press news agency.

The International Surfing Association (ISA) has boosted the sport’s case for Olympic and Paralympic inclusion by introducing its first World Adaptive Championship.

Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) president Jeffrey Webb has dismissed suggestions that he is set to stand for the presidency of Fifa.