Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Shamfa Cudjoe has given the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) until noon on Monday to submit a formal proposal seeking financial assistance for the Women’s National Senior Team, after the football body admitted to mangling its application for government funding. On Tuesday, Women …
Read More »“Nero is fiddling while Rome burns!” T&T women beg for TTFA support while board urges DJW to act
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team players have taken to social media to beg for support, as their preparation for the France 2019 World Cup remains hamstrung by the uncooperative Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). “[Twenty one] days away from our final stage of World Cup qualifier …
Read More »SSFL 2018: Boyce helps San Juan ease past Valencia; Trinity East hold Benedict’s
San Juan North Secondary got their new campaign off to a dream start in Macoya this evening, as they whipped newly promoted Valencia Secondary 3-0 in the curtain raiser of the 2018 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division season. San Juan North ran away 2-0 winners when they met …
Read More »Media Monitor: Twelve hard questions for TKR captain DJ Bravo—with Best answers
The Wired868 management felt that, in the run-up to Trinbago Knight Riders’ second qualifier against Chris Gayle’s St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, it would be a good idea to actually get inside the head of TKR captain Dwayne Bravo. But old habits die hard. I was busy, time was short …
Read More »T&T U-20s drawn with USA, youth team still inactive due to unpaid TTFA stipends
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team, which has not kicked a ball in over a month, must topple the United States to have any chance at qualifying for the Poland 2019 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. The young Soca Warriors, who were not among Concacaf’s six seeded under-20 teams, were …
Read More »SSFL promises no Shiva repeat, reveals GPS MOU; uncertainty over T&T U-20 players
Kickoff of the 2018 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division season is just a few hours away, and the League’s administration is hopeful that certain constitutional changes will thwart off-the-field issues this term. SSFL president William Wallace said the League is confident that there will be no repeats of …
Read More »CPL 18: A 6 for a 9? How Amazon Warriors left DJ Bravo’s TKR no more margin for error
The time to be in front, every athlete knows, is at the end. And if, come Sunday evening, Trinbago Knight Riders are not at the front of the race for the 2018 CPL title, their fans will probably feel justified in pointing fingers at their skipper, Dwayne Bravo. “Bravo the …
Read More »SSFL 18: East and Tobago take aim; Wired868 talks to Trinity East, St Augustine, Bishop’s and Valencia
In Wired868’s final chat with Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) coaches before the 2018 season gets underway, the attention shifts to the East Zone and the lone Tobago representative. And like their counterparts in the north, they hope to remove the southern schools’ firm grip on the Premier Division trophy. …
Read More »Board split over DJW and Quan Chan’s attempt to appoint women’s coach without meeting
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) board of directors is split down the middle over the body’s attempt to appoint Shawn Cooper as head coach of the Women’s National Senior Team without a board meeting. At present, there are 12 active board members—inclusive of TTFA president and board chairman …
Read More »Guyana’s Warriors triumph again; TKR face Eliminator on Friday after dramatic loss in Providence
For the third time in the last four Caribbean Premier League (CPL) seasons, the Trinbago Knight Riders will be forced to take the long way to the finals after tonight’s dramatic loss to the Guyana Amazon Warriors at Providence Stadium in Georgetown forced them into a do-or-die eliminator contest on …
Read More »CPL 18: Did Lara put ‘goatmouth’ on TKR or were Bravo’s men playing dead to ketch Amazon cobo alive?
One day fuh police, the old people tell us, and one day fuh tief. With Trinbago Knight Riders now carded to take on—for the third time in the space of a week—the Guyana Amazon Warriors in tomorrow’s first qualifier in Providence, what I think interests the fans is whose way …
Read More »DJW and Corneal still at loggerheads, TTFA hits snag in bid to appoint Cooper as women’s coach
Twenty six days before their opening 2018 Concacaf Championship fixture against Panama in North Carolina, USA, the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team are still without a head coach. And there is still little sign of warming relations between Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and …
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