The “Soca Warriors” are back. The Trinidad and Tobago national senior team shot up 37 places to 49th in the latest FIFA rankings, which is the country’s highest rank in eight years. At present, the Warriors are the highest ranked Caribbean team and fourth in CONCACAF behind leaders Costa Rica, Mexico …
Read More »One-on-one with Naparima College’s Jabari “Barry” Mitchell
At the age of 17, young Jabari “Barry” Mitchell is well on his way to becoming a footballing hero. This young star on the rise hails from the Borough of Point Fortin where his talent was discovered at a young age by his father Sheldon Mitchell, who is a known coach …
Read More »Connection stumbles again; Central keeps 100 percent record
Reigning Digicel Pro League champions, DIRECTV W Connection, made a losing start to its title defence yesterday evening as a Tyrone Charles lifted North East Stars to a 1-0 win over the “Savonetta Boys” at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. It was the second successive loss for Connection and, …
Read More »TTFA versus Tim Kee: FIFA must referee civil war in T&T football
FIFA chose to involve itself in Trinidad and Tobago’s football business on an obscure premise. Now, the world governing body has no choice but to play referee. Two of the three Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) vice-presidents, Lennox Watson and Rudi Thomas, told Wired868 that they wrote to FIFA …
Read More »One for the road: T&T dusts off setbacks; on brink of Women’s W/Cup
One more win will do the trick. The Trinidad and Tobago national women’s senior team moved within 90 minutes of a place at the Canada 2015 Women’s World Cup tournament yesterday after another hard-fought triumph at the 2014 CONCACAF Championship. This time, Guatemala was the victim as the “Women Soca …
Read More »Omertà (part twelve): Jean-Marie Weber Must Not be Sacked!
Why Do Blatter and Havelange need him? Tuesday March 11, 2008, Zug: Here they come, smartly dressed in their businessman suits, pretending it’s an ordinary day at the office, walking quickly past the pack of jackals with their TV cameras and notebooks blocking the glass and brick canyon leading to …
Read More »FIFA protects TTFA president: Tim Kee gets seven-month extension
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee will hang on to his football portfolio for another seven months at least after FIFA granted the local football body an undemocratic extension without citing any by-law that allowed its decision. The delay, according to correspondence sent by FIFA general …
Read More »Police steals it late from Rangers; Stars outshoot Cale
Police FC and North East Stars both secured narrow victories yesterday evening at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya to book their places in the semi-finals of the 2014 First Citizens Cup. Police got a stoppage time winner from defender Elijah Belgrave to sink Rangers while Stars ousted 10-man Caledonia …
Read More »WICB could face US$65 million lawsuit after saving US$683,581
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) could face a US$65 (TT$412) million lawsuit, according to the ESPN CricInfo, for abandoning its tour of India due to internal wrangling with its players. This figure was calculated using India’s home series against the West Indies in the 2013/14 season as a guide …
Read More »Nearer to history: T&T women relieved by Haiti win
Trinidad and Tobago national women’s team central defender Arin King said the team was relieved with yesterday’s result after a Kennya “Yaya” Cordner goal gave the “Women Soca Warriors” a 1-0 World Cup qualifying win over Haiti in Chicago. The Warriors are due to land in Washington this afternoon before …
Read More »Jabloteh Jammies jam Connection; Central scrapes past Point
San Juan Jabloteh produced a second giant slaying performance last night to eliminate defending Pro League champion club, DIRECTV W Connection, thanks to a 2-0 triumph at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva. New Jamaican recruits, Sterling Newton and Adrian Reid, got the items for the Jabloteh team which now advances …
Read More »Yes Yaya! Cordner gives T&T vital W/Cup qualifying win over Haiti
The Trinidad and Tobago national senior women’s team already has one foot in the knock out stage of the 2014 CONCACAF Championship after United States-based Player of the Year, Kennya “Yaya” Corder struck the decisive goal in a 1-0 win over Haiti in Chicago. Trinidad and Tobago finished the game …
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