Sixteen-year-old Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 attacker and Shiva Boys Hindu School football star, Levi Garcia, is set to leave for Europe next week in a controversial move engineered by Dutch agent Humphry Nijman. Here is what FIFA says about the movement of players under the age of 18: (FIFA …
Read More »D/Force edges Stars; Caledonia fights off Point Fortin
Defence Force and Caledonia AIA enjoyed winning starts to their 2014/15 Digicel Pro League campaigns yesterday afternoon with hard-fought victories over North East Stars and Point Fortin Civic respectively. An extra time Richard Roy penalty settled an otherwise barren affair at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar as Defence Force …
Read More »Shannon named U-20 captain; young Warriors kick off on Friday
Seventeen-year-old former St Augustine Secondary stand-out Shannon Gomez will captain the Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 team on Friday as the young “Soca Warriors” kick off their 2014 Under-20 Caribbean Championship campaign against Suriname from 7.15 pm in the second game of a Hasely Crawford Stadium double header in Port of …
Read More »Ford focus: Nelson St starlet promises to lift T&T U-20s in Caribbean Cup
Seventeen-year-old Trinidad and Tobago defender Maurice Ford hopes to see his Nelson Street friends at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on Friday evening when the national under-20 team kicks off its Caribbean Under-20 Championship campaign against Curacao from 7.15 pm. The CFU competition is the first step on the road to …
Read More »U-20s shine as makeshift Warriors hold Guadeloupe
Sixteen-year-old Central FC attacker Levi Garcia had a senior debut to remember today as a makeshift Trinidad and Tobago national football team outfit held Guadeloupe 1-1 at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet. The outing would not go down as an official international cap since Guadeloupe is not a FIFA …
Read More »St Augustine routs Pres; CIC, Arima keep 100 percent records
There was no place like home for St Augustine Secondary as the “Green Machine” kicked into gear with a 5-2 win over Presentation College (San Fernando) this evening in SSFL Premier Division action in St Augustine. St Augustine was hammered 3-0 in its season opener against St Mary’s College on …
Read More »T&T U-17 Warriors through to CFU finals in Haiti
The Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 football team is through to the final Caribbean Football Union (CFU) round and one step closer to its ultimate goal of a berth at the Chile 2015 Under-17 World Cup. Last night in St Lucia, the young “Soca Warriors” held off a fierce fight-back …
Read More »Ya Ya’s back! Doctor clears Cordner for Martinique clash
Trinidad and Tobago attacker Kennya “Ya Ya” Cordner is set to make a sensational return to the “Soca Princesses” line-up tomorrow as the host nation prepares to book a date with regional rival, Jamaica, for the inaugural Women’s Caribbean Cup final. Cordner was cleared by the Southern Medical Clinic today …
Read More »T&T U-17s in must-win situation against high scoring St Lucia
The Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 team will face its first major test of character tomorrow evening at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia when the young “Soca Warriors” kick off against host nation St Lucia in a vital Chile 2015 Under-17 World Cup qualifier. At present, Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »Tears of a clown: Anil’s resignation letter and the PM’s response
Anil Roberts resigns as Sport Minister and MP but admits no wrongdoing in Life Sport programme. To: Honourable Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, I write to you today with a heavy heart to inform you of my desire to resign as Minister of Sport and as Member of Parliament for D’Abadie/ …
Read More »Warriors, TTFA and Warner respond to PM’s W/Cup settlement
Address from Brent Sancho on behalf of the 13 World Cup 2006 players: I am overwhelmed. On behalf of those of us who have been fighting a long, tough legal battle to get our just due payment for our efforts at the FIFA World Cup, Germany 2006, this moment means more than any …
Read More »Soca Warriors lose 2-0 to World Cup-bound Iran in Brazil
The Trinidad and Tobago team national football completed its mini-South America tour this afternoon in Sao Paulo, Brazil with a 2-0 defeat against World Cup-bound Iran. The result follows a 3-0 loss against Argentina on Wednesday in Buenos Aires. Argentina and Iran are both drawn in Group F of the …
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