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.

Eve ready to unleash ‘Lobo’; discusses Griffith, Joevin, Warriors reboot… and Black Stalin

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team interim head coach Angus Eve looks set to turn to maverick 30-year-old forward Marcus ‘Lobo’ Joseph to fire the Soca Warriors into the Concacaf Gold Cup. Joseph, a two-time World Youth Cup player more than decade ago, was never used by Eve’s predecessor, …

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Hadad says NC blanked Bad Wolf Sport, new pay structure suggested for coaches

Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad admitted to fielding a presentation from Ireland-based company, Bad Wolf Sports, but denied agreeing to any partnership with the company on behalf of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). The query was one of three questions raised by Eastern Football Association of Trinidad …

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Hadad’s unconstitutional ‘meeting’ raises more questions on NC’s occupation of the TTFA

Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad has come under fire again for repeat violations of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Constitution, after his invitation to members for a meeting provoked more questions about his leadership. On Wednesday, TTFA acting general secretary Amiel Mohammed invited members to a ‘meeting’ …

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‘I will be back!’ ‘Ball Pest’ Cummings on his football education, silencing Mexico, and his international exile

“I will be back on the pitch soon,” said Terminix La Horquetta Rangers playmaker and ex-Trinidad and Tobago international star Keron ‘Ball Pest’ Cummings. “So I hope Mr [Angus] Eve keeps a place open for me!” Cummings was not among the 60 players selected by Men’s National Senior Team interim …

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Eve names five TLH Rangers players in provisional Gold Cup squad, after ‘cordial’ talks

Former Trinidad and Tobago national youth team stand-outs Aikim Andrews and Isaiah Lee are among five Terminix La Horquetta Rangers players who could resume their international careers during the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup. The thaw in relations between Rangers and the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team was one …

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The truth about Griffith (Pt 1): How Fenwick stage-managed Griffith III’s career, while seeking TTPS benefits

A journalist learns quickly the importance of confidentiality and protecting one’s source. So it is an exceptional circumstance that leads me to now reveal one such informant, in a bid to defend my reputation against a curious onslaught by Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith. In a last-ditch effort to avoid …

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Eve replaces former boss, Fenwick, as interim Soca Warriors head coach for July Gold Cup

Club Sando FC head coach Angus Eve has replaced Terry Fenwick as head coach of the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team. Eve’s appointment is, at least initially, on a temporary basis, as the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee confirmed his contract will expire on 31 August 2021. Eve emerged top …

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Jefferson: Axed T&T coaches content with settlement; Eve resigns from UFCTT exec

Unified Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (UFCTT) interim president Jefferson George confirmed that Men’s National Senior Team assistant coaches Derek King and Kelvin Jack both agreed termination packages with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) yesterday, within hours of their dismissals. At present, Jack and King are the …

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