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“Like in several areas of sport, in basketball too, Trinidad and Tobago remains a nation with unexploited or underexploited potential. A variety of unaddressed issues restrict the realization of the existing potential. Among them are the absence of what we might term oneness of purpose and—perhaps as a consequence—the existence …

Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-20 coach Jamaal Shabazz named his 22-member squad today to challenge for a France 2018 World Cup berth. Trinidad and Tobago host the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva from 18-28 January. The top three nations on the final table …

Taking pot shots at one another and making snide remarks is definitely not the way to go, say four Trinidad and Tobago Pro League (TTPL) coaches. What is needed is for football people to come together and talk about the state of the sport in the country so as to …

Jamaal Shabazz, head coach of the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s Under-20 team, is well aware that Trinidad and Tobago could use a positive boost in these tense and negative times. And he believes that his players have what it takes to give the embattled nation the inspiration it needs. “It …

The Darin “Speng” Lewis XI didn’t have to wait long for revenge as they stole bragging rights in the Wired868 Football Festival VI  with a 2-1 triumph over the Wired868 XI at UWI’s St Augustine Campus. Central to “Team Speng’s” triumph was the performance of the UTT duo of goalkeeper …

The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) declared that local athletes will participate in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, CAC Games and Youth Olympic Games, after receiving a TT$3 million cash injection from the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. The Commonwealth Games will be held in Australia in April while …

“The fact is that the TT Pro League is no more than a political turf that certain football people wish to protect; (it’s) a dead horse that they keep flogging in the hope that further injections of State and/or TTFA funds will resuscitate it. “The fight by some to keep …

Feeling nostalgic for proper football? Well, the Wired868 Football Festival marks its sixth year on Saturday 6 January at the UWI Admin ground in St Augustine and a host of stars from several eras will be there to do friendly battle from 4.30pm. The Wired868 XI won the most recent …

The Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SPORTT) started 2018 with another round of downsizing as seven employees were told that their contracts will not be renewed by the state body. The departing employees are Abdul Assalam (projects coordinator), Sheldon Jardine (sport officer), Donna Hashanah (clerical officer), Khadeesha Worrell-Sobers (project …

The Trinidad and Tobago men’s 4×400 team, sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye and Paralympian Akeem Stewart were the big winners on Friday as the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) held its 23rd Annual Awards Gala at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port-of-Spain. In a break with tradition, the relay team of …

In the David John-Williams’ 2015 election manifesto, entitled “Imperatives for Change,” he promised that, once elected, he would be “committed to immediately appointing the necessary sub committees, as required under the constitution.” Further, John-Williams, the candidate, noted that “the proper and efficient function (sic) of these committees are (sic) important …

“The [TTFA’s] handling of former coaches Stephen Hart and Randy Waldrum were nothing short of embarrassingly unprofessional and mean. [And the] TTFA leadership persists in acting in a manner that may very well push creditors to seek legal redress and have the TTFA placed in court-appointed administration. “There simply seems …