The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has replaced Welshman James Thomas with American Constantine Konstin as head coach of the Women’s National Senior Team, on an interim basis. Thomas, who quit the job last week for the post of Bristol City Women and Girls youth development manager, had never …
Read More »TTFA announces Couva friendlies for T&T Women against Panama on 21 and 25 October
Trinidad and Tobago appears set to host its first international football match since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, as the local football body announced today that the Women’s National Senior Team will play two friendly games against Panama at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva on 21 and 25 …
Read More »Bristol City unveil Thomas; Welshman quit T&T Women’s job to work as youth development manager
What offer did Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team head coach James Thomas find so tempting that he walked away from the Women Soca Warriors, before the start of their campaign for the 2023 World Cup and 2024 Olympic Games? Thomas’ new job was unveiled today as Bristol City …
Read More »Thomas quits as T&T Women’s head coach for ‘UK opportunity’, just one month before Concacaf tourney
Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team head coach James Thomas has resigned from the job just a month before the Women Soca Warriors are due to kick off their Concacaf W Championship campaign. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) confirmed Thomas’ departure today for ‘a role at a …
Read More »Fantasy football: Mo masterclass keeps Kapil Ramcharan top; Ramrattan and Saunders strike
A brilliant solo effort from Liverpool forward Mohammed Salah helped the Merseyside outfit continue their unbeaten start to the 2021/22 England Premier League season on Sunday, as they drew 2-2 with defending champions Manchester City. And, at least as important, it kept Kapil Ramcharan’s ‘A Kevin 3Pointer’ atop the Wired868 …
Read More »PNM national exec mum on Al-Rawi, as San F’do West notes that AG leads ‘marginal constituency’
San Fernando West MP and Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi continues to receive limited support from his party, since the furore over his role in the selection process of Gary Griffith as acting police commissioner. Al-Rawi has not yet been defended formally by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, the People’s National …
Read More »Sport Ministry pays out TT$3.3 m in grant funding, describes sport as ‘valuable stakeholder’
The Ministry of Sport and Community Development paid out TT$3.3 m in grant funding to ‘a combination of national governing bodies, community sporting groups, and athletes’ on Monday at the Ministry’s headquarters in Nicholas Tower, Independence Square, Port-of-Spain. The payments, according to a media statement, were made via the Ministry’s …
Read More »$26,000 at stake in Wired868’s new Write Start contest for secondary school students
Got a teenager at home? Think (s)he has a novel or a short story nestling at the back of his/her head just waiting to get out? And what of teenagers in general? Agree that they have lost a lot of the skills that adolescents in your time had, including critical …
Read More »Fantasy Football: A moment of tranquility at the top as Kapil, Flex and Mattheus cop Sept prizes
The England Premier League table’s top four clubs at the end of match day six were Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Manchester United. You may quibble about the order of the quartet—justifiably! (cough cough)—but things look to be settling down. For Wired868 Lime Kickers fantasy players, the devil was in …
Read More »Tourism Trinidad announces Kurtis Rudd as new CEO, as body seeks to ‘re-energise tourism economy’
Tourism Trinidad formally announced today the appointment of Kurtis Rudd as its new chief executive officer. Rudd, a former Prestige Holdings marketing vice-president, officially started work on Monday 20 September. He replaced acting CEO Heidi Alert, who reverted to her substantive post as manager of destination development. Rudd, a senior lecturer …
Read More »Ex-West Indies star, Marlon Samuels, charged by ICC with four breaches of Anti-Corruption Code
Former West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels has been charged by the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti-Corruption Unit for four breaches of Emirates Cricket Board’s Anti-Corruption Code. The charges are related to his participation in a T10 League in Abu Dhabi in 2019. The 40-year-old Samuels is accused of failing to …
Read More »Fantasy football: Mo Salah, more points! Liverpool ace helps Kapil, Schmidhammer and J Ali soar
Mo Salah, more goals, mucho points! It has often been that simple for fantasy football players who bank on the Liverpool flanker’s devilish left foot. And on match day five, there were cheers all around from fantasy football players who captained the Egyptian ace, as he scored one and engineered …
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