International women football players began pouring into Trinidad this weekend in anticipation of the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL), which is the brainchild of Sport Minister Brent Sancho. The overseas players, who come from North, South and Central America, the Caribbean and Europe, will all be based at the Chancellor …
Read More »Sancho agrees to fund TTFA and pay coaches, awaits WPL endorsement
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee secured a significant victory in his power struggle with Sport Minister Brent Sancho today with the announcement that the Government would resume funding of local football. “The Ministry has therefore agreed to resume funding to the TTFA,” stated a joint release …
Read More »Tim Kee denies sack threat for coaches; no job contracts offered
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee has not set a date by which he will offer job contracts for over two dozen technical staff members. Tim Kee met with coaches and administrative staff for all the national teams on May 14 to respond to their concerns …
Read More »Sancho, Tim Kee near truce; Gov’t expected to resume TTFA funding
The Ministry of Sport and the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) seem set to end a two month long financial impasse after a high powered meeting between the two bodies this morning. Sport Minister Brent Sancho ordered the ministry to halt all funding to the local football body in …
Read More »Silver surfers: T&T 4x100m sprinters set for Olympic medal upgrade
Trinidad and Tobago’s 4×100 metre sprint quartet finally look set for Olympic silver medals, three years after the London 2012 Olympic Games, after an Associated Press (AP) report confirmed that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped the United States relay team of its medals today The IOC’s decision is due to …
Read More »TTFA delays WPL endorsement; requests ‘transparency’ from Sport Ministry
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee said the local football body will delay its formal endorsement of the Ministry of Sport’s proposed Women’s Professional League (WPL) until it receives a formal proposal on the competition. Sport Minister Brent Sancho made the WPL his most ambitious project …
Read More »TTFA vows to pay Hart and Walkes but not remaining coaches
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee said the local football body has decided to pay the salaries of head coach Stephen Hart and technical director Kendall Walkes while the TTFA’s impasse continues with the Ministry of Sport. The TTFA accepted a March deadline to present audited …
Read More »Sport Ministry explains decision to stop TTFA funding
The following is a press release issued by the Ministry of Sport: Senator the Honourable Brent Sancho, Minister of Sport continues to press for full accountability and proper monitoring across all areas of the sporting landscape. He has urged all of the National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of Sport who receive funding …
Read More »Sport Ministry halts payment to Warrior coaches; Tim Kee explains delay
Despite a prior promise from the Government to pay the salaries of Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team coaches, Sport Minister Brent Sancho confirmed to Wired868 that his ministry will not give a cent to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) or any other sporting body without proof of …
Read More »Sport Ministry: Have your say on the Women’s Professional League
The Ministry of Sport is asking women’s football fans and stakeholders to share their opinions in an an interactive chat on the proposed Trinidad and Tobago Women’s Professional League (WPL), which is due to kick off in late May 2015. The WPL, according to the Ministry of Sport, is “a …
Read More »Where’re our Olympic medals? T&T track stars await silver lining
The London 2012 Olympic Games closed its doors three years with a cultural segue way by a Brazilian delegation, which hinted at the fun and beauty that awaits athletes and sport enthusiasts at the Rio 2016 edition. But, for the Trinidad and Tobago 4×100 metre relay team, the interlude between …
Read More »T&T U17s thrashed in warm-up; Sancho promises future live streaming
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-17 football team got a rough lesson in their opening warm-up match yesterday evening as they fell 4-0 to hosts, Panama, in Panama City. The young “Soca Warriors” are preparing for the CONCACAF leg of their Chile 2015 FIFA Under-17 World Cup campaign, which has …
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