Lasana Liburd

Lasana Liburd is the managing director and chief editor at Wired868.com and a journalist with over 20 years experience at several Trinidad and Tobago and international publications including Play the Game, World Soccer, UK Guardian and the Trinidad Express.

SSFL 26: SporTT Premiership kicks off with SSFL Cup and all-Tobago clash—full fixtures included

The 2026 Secondary Schools Football League kicks off tomorrow with the ceremonial Boys and Girls Super Cup at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Reigning Premier Division and National Intercol champions Naparima College face 2025 Premier Division runners-up St Benedict’s College from 5.30pm, while, in the opening game, Girls National …

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Game on! TTFA pays up, after Levi’s public admonishment

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior players are prepared to represent their country in the 2026 Concacaf Nations League competition, after the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFA) yielded to their demands in-full yesterday. The Soca Warriors, through captain Levi Garcia and vice-captains Andre Rampersad and Kobi Henry, pleaded …

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Overbearing! T&T footballers refuse Nations League call-ups, due to unpaid TTFA fees and disrespect

Do any Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team footballers still believe in the verbal assurances of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Kieron Edwards? With formal invitations due to be issued from Monday 7 September for players to represent the Soca Warriors in the upcoming 2026/27 Concacaf Nations …

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Watts: “I gave a commitment…”; Wired868 examines proposed rescue package for SSFL’s 2026 season

The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) will presumably begin the business of reversing its exclusion of Tobago schools from the 2026 Premier Division competition in midweek, even as the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs and the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SporTT) finalise its rescue package for the …

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T&T National U14s travel a player short; City FC boss explains 10 national picks

The Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-14 Team travelled to the Dominican Republic with one player short yesterday, for the 2026 CFU U-14 Boys Challenge Series. Fatima College student and City FC defender Ryan Aquing headed to the Piarco International Airport at roughly midnight on Thursday, to join his 17 …

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Sport Ministry claims success on schools football travel issue; SSFL to vote on reintegrating Tobago

The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs (MSYA) today claimed success in alleviating the issues that prompted the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) to exclude Tobago schools from the 2026 Premier Division competition. On Wednesday 22 July, the SSFL general council—which comprises teams from the Premier Division, Boys’ and Girls’ …

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‘SSFL has been failing—but it is integral’; SporTT, TTFA VP consider rescue package to retain Tobago schools

Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SporTT) CEO Kester Lendor is due to meet the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive today, as the government looks for a way to preserve Tobago’s status in a nationwide Premier Division school football competition. The meeting, which comes with the blessing of Minister …

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Boyce names T&T U-14 squad; all 18 players picked from colleges, with 10 City FC selections

Trinidad and Tobago Boys National U-14 Team head coach Randolph Boyce announced his 18-member squad for the 2026 CFU U-14 Boys Challenge Series today, with his entire player pool coming from “prestige schools”. Trinidad and Tobago are in Tier 1, Group B alongside Haiti, Puerto Rico and French Guiana. The …

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