Trinidad and Tobago Pro League club W Connection FC will be fighting for their Caribbean Club Championship survival on Friday evening when they tackle Jamaica’s Arnett Gardens FC from 8pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Connection lost 0-1 to Haiti’s Real Hope Football Academy in Group A action …
Read More »St Louis/Chung v TTTTA: Court ruling could deny T&T’s table tennis place at Commonwealth Games
The Trinidad and Tobago Table Tennis Association (TTTTA) runs the risk of missing out on the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games as its legal stand-off with the France-based duo of Dexter St Louis and Rheann Chung heads into its final act. Yesterday morning, High Court Judge Eleanor Donaldson-Honeywell ruled that …
Read More »Haiti make histoire! French-speaking islanders take maiden World Cup spot; Mexico edge USA
Roughly two dozen Haitian teenagers made history for the French-speaking islanders this evening at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva when Haiti booked their first-ever berth at a FIFA Women’s World Cup after a 1-0 triumph over Canada. It will be only the Caribbean nation’s second appearance in a FIFA …
Read More »“I feel cheated!” Stadium contractors wrangle over money woes while Smith mum
Just over a year after Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Darryl Smith opened the training track at the Hasely Crawford Stadium (HCS), both the local contractor and the foreign sub-contractor are still waiting, they say, for payment for the project. The outstanding sum is reported as being in the …
Read More »USA need penalties to hurdle Haiti; Mexico also use shootout route to eclipse Canada
The United States held off a feisty Haitian outfit to qualify for their eighth straight CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship final at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva tonight. But only just, as they defeated a 10-member Haiti squad 3-0 on kicks from the penalty spot after a 1-1 draw in …
Read More »Corneal aims to widen player pool through TTFA Primary School programme
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical director Anton Corneal will attempt to widen the pool of local players and introduce children to the game at an early age via the Nationwide Primary Schools Project, which was launched on Wednesday morning at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. Corneal was …
Read More »Team Thema: No comment; Gymnast focuses on TTGF battle as former doctor jailed for up to 175 years
Trinidad and Tobago gymnast Thema Williams will not comment on the sex scandal that has engulfed her former United States coach John Geddert and his Twistars USA Gymnastics Club doctor Larry Nassar. Geddert, who coached USA’s gold medal-winning London 2012 Olympics team, was Williams’ coach in the lead-up to the …
Read More »USA hold off Mexico to top group; set up CONCACAF semifinal date with Haiti
The United States and Mexico booked their final dance partners today as the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship enters its business end on Friday at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. USA, who won the last four successive CONCACAF Under-20 tournaments and five of the Confederation’s seven competitions at this level, …
Read More »“The girls played their heart out!” Shabazz praises U-20’s effort as they bow out after third loss
For the third time in six days, Trinidad and Tobago’s Junior Women Soca Warriors scored first in a first round match during the CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship at the Ato Boldon Stadium. That’s the good news. For the third time in six days, Trinidad and Tobago’s Junior Women Soca Warriors …
Read More »Dennecia scores again but Costa Rica hand T&T third straight CONCACAF defeat
Trinidad and Tobago ended their CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship campaign with a third successive defeat this evening, falling 2-1 to Costa Rica at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. For the third straight match, the Junior Women Soca Warriors scored first—this time, through bustling forward Dennecia Prince. But, yet again, …
Read More »Dear TTFA: New board member, Look Loy, questions body on coaches, referees and technical centre project
“What protocol or procedure did TTFA/you employ to identify the coaches now working in said youth programme, i.e. specifically, were the positions advertised and was application open to all interested parties? “[What are] the names of all companies/parties which submitted construction/professional bids in connection with said construction… [and] the name …
Read More »USA and Mexico advance to U-20 semis; but Jamaica give CONCACAF giants a scare
United States and Mexico both booked their places in the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship semi-final stage this evening after wins over Jamaica (2-1) and Nicaragua (2-0) respectively but it was not as straightforward as they might have expected. The United States scored direct from a free kick by Sophia Smith …
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