Tag Archives: Ramesh Ramdhan

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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Amiel appointed as TTFA interim general secretary, Hadad mum on foreign-based NC member

Former Wired868 freelance reporter and Central FC press officer Amiel Mohammed was revealed tonight to be the interim general secretary of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), via an email to members. He replaces general secretary Ramesh Ramdhan, who was suspended by Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad in …

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Fifa’s political neutrality claim ‘patently false’; why Infantino’s woes won’t disappear—even if TTFA officials do

On 24 September 2020, even as Fifa president Gianni Infantino flexed the awesome muscles of the billion dollar global sport body that he heads, he revealed its Achilles heel. It was the day that Bureau of the Fifa Council, headed by Infantino, suspended the Trinidad and Tobago Football Football Association …

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‘Wallace owes me too…’ English consultant, unknown to TTFA board, adds to football woes

Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) David John-Williams could already be the subject of a police probe, after CNC3 investigative reporter Mark Bassant alleged that at least US$1.5 million meant for the local game was diverted to a Panamanian bank account under his name. John-Williams, however, is not the …

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Hadad claims proof to support controversial EGM; club owner says otherwise, Downer scoffs

Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad intends to push on with a Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Extraordinary General Meeting on 15 September, despite several constitutional issues about the conclave—including whether a requisite number of delegates supported the meeting. Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association (TTFRA) vice-president Osmond Downer …

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Oops! Hadad blunder appears to rule TTFA EGM on Fifa court case as illegal

Normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad appears to have erred in his announcement of an extraordinary general meeting on 15 September, which was called to address possible Fifa sanctions against the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA)—due to an ongoing legal case by the TTFA’s elected officers. Fifa gave TTFA president …

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Look Loy: ‘Hadad is doing absolutely nothing!’ Fifa blamed for hurting T&T’s W/Cup dreams

The biggest threat to the Soca Warriors’ dream of qualifying for the Qatar 2022 Fifa World Cup, according to Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical committee chairman Keith Look Loy and general secretary Ramesh Ramdhan, is not the ongoing legal tussle between the local football body and Fifa. It …

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La Foucade paid but TTFA coaches snubbed as Hadad’s NC accused of lacking transparency

After three months on the job, the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee appeared to put through its first payments for Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) staff members yesterday. But only some employees were paid, there was no word on where the money came from, when would more be wired, and why …

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