“[…] Trinidad and Tobago is now in possession of three gold medals at the highest level of the sport, which is the true measure of the performance of athletes. “Our failure to properly recognise the 2008 Olympic 4×100 metre champion athletes is incomprehensible, despicable, unfair, unjust, improper and a disservice to …
Read More »SSFL postpones Premier matches “due to inclement weather”; “Naps” vs Benedict’s on pause
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive has postponed all Premier Division games scheduled for today, “due to the inclement weather”. The games will now be moved “to a date to be fixed”. The decision follows heavy rainfall this morning with flooding across parts of the country. Today’s marquee match-up …
Read More »Central Boys Championship games postponed due to Covid scare; Premier fixture change
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive committee announced the postponement of all Central Zone Boys Championship Division matches this week due to a Covid-19 scare. The decision was taken, according to the SSFL, “due to the fact that students from Presentation College (Chaguanas) and Couva East Secondary are exhibiting …
Read More »Adams: We won’t compromise team’s ability to prepare! WI drop Hetmyer after two missed flights
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) selection panel has cut talented batsman Shimron Hetmyer from its ICC T20 World Cup team, after the 25-year-old cricketer’s apparent reluctance to board a flight to Australia. Hetmyer, according to a CWI press release, missed two flights to Australia and wore out the patience of …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Beaver-Trick Faustin feasts on QRC; “Bound to Score” Noel keeps San Juan perfect!
Feed Faustin and he will score! That was the apparent game plan for Trinity College East as they faced QRC in Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division action at the Hasely Crawford Stadium today. And boy, did it work like a charm. On Wednesday, 17 year-old Jaheim Faustin battled …
Read More »Court accepts TTFA debt repayment plan, as Warner withdraws case after Fenwick/Miller compromise
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) can finally begin paying off its creditors—under terms agreed in May—after High Court Judge Devindra Rampersad accepted its proposed debt repayment plan yesterday. The key sticking point was legal objects raised by the British duo of former coach Terry Fenwick and salesman Peter …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Noel keeps San Juan perfect as they get it out the mud against Trinity East
Get it out the mud! San Juan North Secondary kept their perfect start to the 2022 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division season going as they eked out a 1-0 win over Trinity College East (TCE) in Trincity this afternoon. The boys from Bourg Mulatresse did their business early …
Read More »Dear Editor: It’s a glaring omission not to award ORTT to “Kitch” and 2008 Olympics 4x100m team
“[…] Kitch was not a medical doctor, a lawyer, an engineer, a banker, or someone with ‘Dr’ before his name. However, his sterling contribution to this country far surpassed [that made by] many who hold such academic accolades, and have in the past received the ORTT. “[…] Another glaring omission is the …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Naparima thump Speyside to revive title chances, while Fatima and Benedict’s cruise again
Naparima College thumped Speyside High School 7-0 at Lewis Street in San Fernando today while Fatima College and St Benedict’s College also registered lopsided wins in Group A of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division. And, at roughly halfway through the group stage, a pattern is beginning to …
Read More »“A fine would be much better!”; Malick appeal points deduction for late registration
Malick Secondary head coach Anthony Bartholomew said the school has appealed a Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) decision to overturn their opening win over Chaguanas North Secondary, due to their late registration of players. On Wednesday 14 September, Malick travelled to African Grounds in Enterprise and thumped Chaguanas North 4-1 …
Read More »Eve: “This tournament worked for us”; T&T coach points to positives after 2-1 loss to Thailand
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team suffered their second defeat of the invitational King’s Cup tournament this morning, as they lost 2-1 to hosts Thailand in the third place playoff at the Chiang Mai Stadium. Tajikistan won the tournament via kicks from the penalty mark, after a regulation …
Read More »12 W/C recalls—1974 (Pt 4): Resolute Germany clip Cruyff’s Flying Dutchmen’s wings
One win away from finally being crowned world champions, West Germany, European champions and the most consistent World Cup performers over two decades, arrive at 7 July 1974. Standing in their way, they find the Netherlands and the man everyone expects to succeed Pelé as the world’s number one player, …
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