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.

Stars set up Pro Bowl final with Connection

North East Stars booked its second Cup final against DIRECTV W Connection within a month at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya tonight. Unsurprisingly, penalties were involved. Despite being a player short for the final eight minutes, the Sangre Grande-based team was perfect from the penalty spot as coach Angus Eve’s …

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Winchester, Primus and Abu Bakr earn Warrior recalls

Twenty-year-old Finland-based attacker Shahdon Winchester and Kazakhastan-based central defenders Robert Primus and Radanfah Abu Bakr were among 13 overseas-based players selected in Trinidad and Tobago’s 21-man squad that will friendly internationals away to Romania and Estonia next month. The “Soca Warriors” will face Romania at the National Arena in Bucharest …

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TTFF names Sheldon Phillips as general secretary

Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) president Raymond Tim Kee has named United States-based administrator Sheldon Phillips as his new general secretary. The 47-year-old Phillip, who is the son of former TTFF technical director and stand-out goalkeeper Lincoln “Tiger” Phillips, was introduced to the TTFF staff today as the replacement for …

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