Global Football

SSFL 24: Fatima fire Charles; coach admits to strained relations with Old Boys

Three Premier Division seasons, four major trophies—and then the axe. Coach Hutson “Baba” Charles’ era at Fatima College came to an abrupt end yesterday when he and assistant coach Russell Sutton were dismissed from the staff, just hours after finishing second in the 2024 Coca Cola National Intercol competition. In …

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Intercol 24: Signal Hill protest semifinal loss; claim Benedict’s goalie breached law six times

The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) is facing another protest involving St Benedict’s College, as Tobago Zone champions, Signal Hill Secondary, are claiming that referee Crystal Sobers allowed clear rule violations by opposing goalkeeper Thane Devenish. Devenish saved two penalties in St Benedict’s 4-3 shootout win over Signal Hill at …

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Gateway: Shem Alexander takes ‘voluntary leave of absence’; maintains innocence from smuggling charges

Gateway Athletics issued a statement early this morning, in the first formal acknowledgment of the arrest of its managing director Shem Alexander. Alexander, 35, is wanted in the United States for alleged “firearm trafficking and smuggling offenses”. At present, he is under arrest in Jamaica where he waived his rights …

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Gateway director and fast-rising administrator, Shem Alexander, held for “firearm trafficking”

The Jamaica Constabulary Force confirmed today that Trinidad and Tobago national and burgeoning sport official Shem Alexander is in its custody and awaiting extradition to the United States, in a development which has shocked the local football fraternity. The 35-year-old Alexander, who has a major in organisation communications and a …

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SSFL 24: MoE officials allegedly recommend St Benedict’s sanctions over “Zoom Zoom” registration

St Benedict’s College’s 2024 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division title chase—or, more accurately, the school’s use of form four student Derrel “Zoom Zoom” Garcia—now appears to be under probe by no less an authority than the Ministry of Education. And the implications can go far deeper than a …

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