Tag Archives: Lasana Liburd

Some of the Best people I know went, like me, to Queen’s Royal College: one brother, two sons and four nephews. And a throng of people the media-conscious public knows best also went to QRC. Here is a non-exhaustive list of QRC people who tend to be in the media …

Academic requirements for school footballers, wider powers for the credential committee, an electronic database for players, small-sided games for Under-14s and a re-evaluation of the registration period and deadline for players to participate in external competitions. There were no shortage of talking points as the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) …

Eh… Football was the winner! Remembering the Wired868 Football Festival VI. More from Wired868 TV6ME: Michael Johnson and Anton Corneal on How to Make a Million Dollar Player Coaching Webinar England national youth team coach Michael Johnson and Trinidad and Tobago technical director Anton Corneal talk to TV6's Fazeer Mohammed …

What is the pathway to greatness in Trinidad and Tobago? Musical icon David Rudder shares the secret of Bahia Girl, the aftershocks of the 1990 attempted coup, High Mas and what music says about our lives today.   More from Wired868 TV6ME: Michael Johnson and Anton Corneal on How to …

What is the pathway to greatness in Trinidad and Tobago? In the second of a two part interview, Soca Warriors football star Khaleem Hyland shares his secret sauce, the importance of that red, white and black kit and finding motivation from his murdered brother, Kwesi: More from Wired868 TV6ME: Michael …

So by now we know the best Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) teams for 2017—Monday’s Coca Cola National Intercol final notwithstanding—but what about the best players? Once more, Wired868’s SSFL writers take on the thankless task of selecting the best performing players—not necessarily the most talented players, mind you!—in the …

Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams tried yesterday to defend the football body’s position on its treatment of non-compliant members as well as the validity of his own election through a reading of selective emails and, arguably, a re-wording of the constitution. Most notably, John-Williams told the …

The end is beginning. Lest you think that I should make myself a proper doomsday THE END IS NIGH placard and go and stand under Cipriani Statue so that my friends can laugh me out of town, let me say that I refer not to the end of the world …

The Guardian’s recent firing of controversial columnist Kelvin Baldeosingh after the publication of a column under his by-line which the Guardian has not, it seems, removed from its online site raises an issue that I think needs urgent ventilation. Some say that it’s really very straightforward; four other columnists have …

Wired868 managing director, Lasana Liburd, initiated legal action today against Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) freelancer, sport presenter and secondary school teacher, Gordon Pierre, for libel after a series of Facebook posts made on 16 and 17 March 2017 respectively. Pierre’s comments, ironically, were made in response to an …

“Okay, so if Brian Lewis is an idiot and an A-hole and 10 golds by 2024 is pie-in-the-sky, then is it two bronze medals by 2024? Is it twelve finalists by 2024? Is it no medals by 2024? “Surely, whether it’s one cent or a million spent, we must have …

“It is easy for people to punch holes after the fact, I don’t know anybody at this level of sport that goes into an event expecting to lose… You have to aspire at this level. When you have an athlete whose objective is to be an Olympic champion, we as …