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W. Connection coach Stuart Charles Fevrier paid special tribute to club captain Jan-Michael Williams as the “Savonetta Boys” executed a remarkable triumph by snatching the 2011/12 Digicel Pro League crown from under the nose of rivals, T&TEC, on the final day of the season. On Thursday, Caledonia AIA stunned T&TEC …

Sport, to paraphrase UK Times writer Simon Barnes, does not build character as much as it reveals it. There is little that compares to the flood of nervous tension as two or two dozen athletes step into the public glare knowing that the next 90 minutes or 100 overs would …

… Fate tests debutantes’ resolve   Debutantes, T&TEC, must withstand a searching close season test of endurance if it is to claim its first Trinidad and Tobago Digicel Pro League football crown tomorrow night at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella. T&TEC, who is still without silverware despite two Cup final …

… Honduras down Warriors 2-0   The Trinidad and Tobago national under-23 football team was not short of effort or personality but, in the end, the young “Soca Warriors” lacked the ability to get to the knock out stage of the Concacaf London 2012 Olympic qualifying series. A goal on …

… U-23s need win against Honduras   The Trinidad and Tobago national under-23 football team can still mathematically qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games but it would take a miraculous awakening against Honduras on Tuesday night. In California this evening, the young “Soca Warriors” again failed to match their …

… Unlucky seven for T&T Olympic hopefuls   Trinidad and Tobago’s 2012 London Olympic qualifying campaign got off to a dismal start last night in California as the Mexico Under-23 football team routed the young “Soca Warriors” 7-1 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Los Angeles. Los Angeles is …

Candice Worrell returned to her Couva home last weekend for the first time since the 29-year-old health and safety officer was brutally attacked by a still unidentified assailant outside her Jenexcon Engineering workplace in Montrose, Chaguanas on 20 January 2012. By Monday, she was back at the St James Medical …

Add fraud to the numerous allegations—many of them substantiated—made against Jack Warner, Minister of Works and Infrastructure and ex-FIFA Vice President, over the years. Accusations of corruption against Warner are nothing new. But the identity of Warner’s latest accuser might raise fresh questions about the Chaguanas West MP’s behavior during …

… Rochford and Joseph among six T&T exclusions   Trinidad and Tobago national football team coach Angus Eve selected his 20-man squad today who will aim to win a spot at the 2012 London Olympic Games. The twin-island republic has never competed at the Olympics in football. The national under-23 …

… One man against one million: the tale of Mario Goijman (Part One): Mario Goijman has spent the past decade stalked by debt and treachery. On the morning of Friday 15 March 2012, Goijman’s increasingly troubled existence almost came to a bloody end as a court-appointed marshall accompanied by a …

…Play the Game launches an appeal to FIVB and international sport on behalf of Mario Goijman, the Argentinian whistleblower, who must leave his house for good on Monday: The volatile situation of Argentine volleyball whistleblower Mario Goijman took a dramatic turn for the worse on Friday (March 16). That was …

The Trinidad and Tobago national under-23 football team endured another lesson yesterday evening with a 1-0 loss to their Canadian counterparts at the Holiday Inn Sports Complex, Sunrise, Fort Lauderdale. It was Trinidad and Tobago’s second straight tour defeat after a 2-1 loss to Fort Lauderdale Strikers on Wednesday. Canada, …