“The way [David] De Gea reacted to Luis Muriel’s header was almost like Spider-Man,” the BT Sport presenter said at the halftime interval of Sevilla’s Champions League clash with Manchester United last Wednesday. The Spaniard was in fine form, making several impressive saves to deny a dangerous-looking host team and …
Read More »Women PE teachers are the problem? Cameron and WICB should get with the programme
“The Physical Education curriculum, based at the Learning Resource Centre in McBean, Couva, has been headed by a woman and staffed heavily by women, generally trained teachers with years of experience teaching in schools. They are largely responsible for making Physical Education an examinable CXC subject and efforts to have …
Read More »SSFL Forum: Schools’ league grapples with issues of registration, player development and TTFA relations
Academic requirements for school footballers, wider powers for the credential committee, an electronic database for players, small-sided games for Under-14s and a re-evaluation of the registration period and deadline for players to participate in external competitions. There were no shortage of talking points as the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) …
Read More »Failure is NOT an option! Local supporter calls on WI players to step up for World Cup
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Read More »John-Williams absent again as concerns about TTFA financial statement go unanswered for third meeting
Stakeholders of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) must wait another 30 days at least for answers about the spending of the David John-Williams-led administration, after the local football body’s reconvened AGM on Tuesday 20 February again ended without any clarity on the TTFA’s financial statement for 2016. For …
Read More »Ex-Pro League player, Neil Mitchell, on murder charge; coaches say system is failing youths
“Where did we go wrong? […] The system failing the youth.” La Horquetta XF head coach Dave Quamina is lamenting that the society in general and the football community in particular is allowing young men to slip through the cracks, after two of his former players, 25-year-old attacker Neil Mitchell …
Read More »T&T U-20s prepare for November qualifiers; Latapy set for fifth tourney as head coach
Former Trinidad and Tobago football icon Russell Latapy will face his fifth tournament as national coach in November when he takes the National Under-20 Team into their FIFA 2019 Under-20 World Cup qualifying series. The National Under-20 squad began preparations six months ago, according to the TTFA Media, and currently …
Read More »National athletes are being treated with disdain! Thompson’s email exchange with Sport Ministry official
“For you to address me in the manner of your last email was nothing short of disrespectful; in fact, it was the most disrespectful email I have ever read. What gives you the authority to address me or any athlete in the tone that you just did is beyond me. …
Read More »Fevrier offers update on T&T U-15’s progress; Connection staff dominate TTFA boys elite programme
Trinidad and Tobago Elite Under-14 programme head coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier told the TTFA Media that he is pleased with the response of his players so far, as they continue their preparations at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. At present, Fevrier oversees the development of 40 players under the NLCB …
Read More »“I feel like a total failure!” Ex-T&T World Youth Cup star, Rochford, still awaiting surgery after 18 months of runaround
“I does watch myself in the mirror every day,” former T&T national youth and senior team midfielder Jean-Luc Rochford confessed. “[I ask myself] how you come from being a national player, from scoring in a World Cup, from creating history, to being somebody who cyah even play the game they …
Read More »Montel saves penalty as Central FC edge out Atlántico for Caribbean semifinal spot
HydroTech Central FC will represent the Trinidad and Tobago Pro League in the semifinal round of the 2018 Club Championship after the “Couva Sharks” held on for a gutsy 1-0 win over Dominican Republic outfit, Atlántico FC, yesterday at the Estadio Cibao in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Atlántico, unbeaten in the …
Read More »“Swords are drawn and the venom is clear!” Shabazz talks women’s football and Pro League/Super League debate
“For me, it is always about finding a way for our people to work together and not be so divisive. Football has become like the streets: swords are drawn and the only thing that has not happened is bloodshed because the venom is so clear and you can see people …
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