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Wired868, with the help of six people closely involved with the case in the playing, administrative and legal camps, will tell the story of the 2006 World Cup bonus dispute. This is Part Three: One year after the Germany 2006 World Cup, the “Soca Warriors” felt they finally had the …

Trinidad and Tobago national football team co-head coaches Hutson “Barber” Charles and Jamaal Shabazz will have just 17 players—and only three specialist defenders—at their disposal for their toughest test of the year as the “Soca Warriors” prepare for away games against Romania on Tuesday June 4 and Estonia on Friday …

The bulk of the Trinidad and Tobago national senior football team assembled in London today in preparation for international friendlies against Romania and Estonia on June 4 and 7 respectively. But national co-head coaches Hutson “Barber” Charles and Jamaal Shabazz will be without at least seven foreign-based players for the …

FIFA today acknowledged for the first time that its former vice-president and Trinidad and Tobago politician Jack Warner might be a target for the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Inland Revenue Services (IRS). Warner insisted that he was unfairly targeted by a CONCACAF integrity report and got …

Wired868, with the help of five people closely involved with the case in the playing, administrative and legal camps, will tell the story of the 2006 World Cup bonus dispute. This is Part Two: Former World Cup goalkeeper Shaka Hislop’s jaw dropped when he looked at the figure revealed under the …

Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA will join DIRECTV W Connection in the group stage of the 2013/14 CONCACAF Champions League after holding Jamaica’s Portmore United to a 2-2 draw in the second leg of a CONCACAF playoff yesterday evening at the Ato Bolton Stadium, Couva. Yesterday’s result meant that Caledonia …

Neal and Massy Caledonia AIA secured a scrappy 1-0 victory over Jamaican unit Portmore United in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League play-off yesterday evening at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. Tall, talented Trinidad and Tobago international striker Jamal Gay scored the lone goal with a header in the …

Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) president Raymond Tim Kee was toasted by the 2006 World Cup players yesterday afternoon as the two parties publicly signalled the end to a seven-year legal battle over bonus money. But Tim Kee, who was appointed unopposed last November after the withdrawal of his …

Wired868, with the help of five people closely involved with the case in the playing, administrative and legal camps, will tell the story of the 2006 World Cup bonus dispute. This is Part One: Last Thursday, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) wired an undisclosed figure into an account …

An exuberant press officer is being blamed for a few jangled nerves between the Trinidad and Tobago 2006 World Cup players and the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) as the long-standing bonus dispute presumably enters its last lap. Yesterday, the TTFF, via press officer Shaun Fuentes, issued a release …

Trinidad and Tobago Pro League outfit Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA will host Jamaica’s Portmore for both legs of a decisive CONCACAF Club Championship playoff fixture on May 20 and 22. The winner will join DIRECTV W Connection and Haitian club, Valencia, who have already advanced from the Caribbean Football Union …

Former 2006 World Cup star Dennis Lawrence became the first Trinidad and Tobago coach to taste FA Cup success on Saturday afternoon when Wigan stunned Manchester City in the prestigious English knock out competition in London. Lawrence, whose header away to Bahrain in 2005 secured a decisive 1-0 World Cup …