It was a spanking new competition but some familiar faces hogged the opening credits. Veteran Trinidad and Tobago internationals Maylee Attin-Johnson and Tasha St Louis produced the golden touches yesterday evening at the Police Barracks in St James as the Women’s Premier League (WPL) got off to a rousing and …

Dwight Yorke, Russell Latapy, Louis Saha, Shaka Hislop, Deon Burton, Stern John, Stan Collymore, Pierre Van Hoojidonk, Dennis Lawrence, Patrick Berger and, as a special treat, cricket’s world record holder Brian Lara. It is an all-star week for football fans as the Caribbean’s most famous past players and a host …

The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-23 Team will head for the preliminary round of their 2016 Olympic qualifying campaign next week without a single warm-up match under their belts. Head coach Zoran Vranes today selected a 20-man squad that includes capped senior team players Rundell Winchester, Kadeem Corbin, Shannon Gomez, …

The Sport Ministry has revealed the rosters for five of the six participating Women’s Premier League (WPL) clubs as the inaugural women’s tournament prepares for kick off on Thursday June 18 at the Police Barracks in St James. The Dragons, led by first draft pick and Trinidad and Tobago’s 2014 …

The Trinidad and Tobago National Football Team suffered their joint highest defeat under head coach Stephen Hart today as the “Soca Warriors” crashed to a 3-0 loss away to Jordan in international friendly action. Jordan have already played nine outings this year, including three Asian Cup qualifiers and one World …

Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee has described Senator Brent Sancho as “the worst Sport Minister ever” as the relationship between the two bodies appears to now be at breaking point. The senior “Soca Warriors” are due to leave for Jordan this evening but have still …

CONCACAF today revealed the 35-member provisional squads for its 12 participants at the July 2015 Gold Cup tournament in the United States. According to Gold Cup regulations, the rosters are binding and teams can only select its final 23-man from this list. Coaches can make six changes to their final squad …

The Women’s Premier League is, in fact, an international football tournament. Kevin Harrison, the advisor to Sport Minister Brent Sancho, said that, eight weeks ago, the Sport Ministry decided not to describe its maiden competition as a league, due to potential complications pointed out by Trinidad and Tobago Football Association …

Trinidad and Tobago National Head Team senior coach Stephen Hart has recalled six more overseas-based players for their upcoming friendly engagement away to Jordan on June 16. The “Soca Warriors” lost 1-0 away to Curaçao last Friday and have no other international matches scheduled before they kick off their 2015 …

International women football players began pouring into Trinidad this weekend in anticipation of the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL), which is the brainchild of Sport Minister Brent Sancho. The overseas players, who come from North, South and Central America, the Caribbean and Europe, will all be based at the Chancellor …

“Mahatma Gandhi said: all through history, there have been tyrants,” said Chaguanas West MP and ex-FIFA vice president Jack Warner. “But in the end, they fall.” Irony is lost on Warner, the former history teacher who became a millionaire football official but is now fighting extradition to the United States. …

FIFA president Sepp Blatter quit his post at the helm of the governing football body this afternoon in a press conference that surprised the world. Barely a dozen journalists turned up in Zurich today for a hastily arranged press conference called by Blatter, who was re-elected as FIFA president last …