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T&T grouped with Dominican Republic in League B, while Concacaf widens segregation

Trinidad and Tobago will face only Caribbean opposition in the 2023-24 Concacaf Nations League B competition, as the two-island republic make their second attempt to return to the confederation’s top tier national competition. The Soca Warriors, who finished second to Nicaragua in the 2022-23 competition, were grouped with the Dominican …

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Sobers, Hinds and Kwinsi among six T&T referees on Fifa’s international list

Trinidad and Tobago will have six referees on Fifa’s international list of officials for 2023, after the Fifa Referees Committee accepted recommendations from the TTFA’s Referees Department. Crystal Sobers, Cecile Hinds and Kwinsi Williams were all accepted on Fifa’s referees list while Caleb Wales, Ainsley Rochard and Evelyn Douglas-Jacob got …

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Orin: Sports, politics and bandwagons; the 2022 W/Cup was pregnant with resonance

“[…] North versus south, developed versus developing, small versus big, rich versus poor, colonists versus colonised. Matches were pregnant with meaning and resonance outside of football. “[…] The World Cup, Olympics and sports in general are proxies for fights over politics, history and geographical hegemony… Caribbean people in the UK …

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Qatar 2022: Hart looks beyond W/Cup drama to “cookie cutter” players and absent national identity

“[…] Perhaps I just long for the era that made me fall in love with the game—when national teams had distinct styles, based largely on the imagination and improvisation of their players. It has been, despite all that I have said, an enjoyable World Cup. “However, when I hear people marvel at an outside …

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