“[…] The continuing impasse—aggravated by the challenges of Covid-19—could effectively jettison the hopes and aspirations of thousands of young people throughout Trinidad and Tobago to improve their lives and their livelihood through football. “[…] Now, with their dreams deferred, the youngsters could easily fall prey to the crime-lord lobbyists who …
Read More »‘Is TTFA/ Fifa issue, not also a matter of sovereignty?’ Wallace fires back at sport minister
“[…] Is [Shamfa Cudjoe], as minister of sport, agreeing that the constitution that governs the TTFA—or perhaps even the constitution that governs any national sporting organisation—can be set aside by a foreign power? “Just recently when a member of the opposition wrote to the US Embassy re the government’s ignoring …
Read More »Wallace: Cudjoe is right on timeline but don’t blame us for DJW’s behaviour
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace confirmed that he did not seek a meeting with Minister of Sport Shamfa Cudjoe before March but denied suggestions that he only reached out to her when they were in trouble with Fifa. Wallace previously claimed that he tried unsuccessfully to …
Read More »Cudjoe: Don’t play games with me! Minister rebuts Wallace as gov’t shapes up Home of Football in one week
It took just one week and a small army of private sector companies, according to Robert Hadad, to get the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s Home of Football ready for use. Or rather, as the South-West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) re-christened the facility, the ‘Home of Football-Wellness Centre’. The controversial …
Read More »Wallace ‘concerned’ as gov’t snubs TTFA president and negotiates with Hadad over HoF
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley appears to have thrust the government in the middle of a legal dispute between the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and world governing body, Fifa, after recent discussions over the use of the controversial Home of Football facility in Couva. Rowley confirmed today that …
Read More »Daly bread: A more fearful future; soaring crime, falling oil prices and coronavirus
We washed and put away our sailor costumes last weekend. That induced a stronger nostalgia than usual for the carefree days of Carnival generally and, in particular, for Carnival Tuesday as All Stars sailors. The nostalgia was a brief antidote to the keen awareness that murders—albeit unrelated to Carnival—remained an …
Read More »Dear Sport Minister, please save us from greedy, crooked ASATT; T&T swimming is pay-per-play
“[…] Honourable Minister of Sport Ms Shamfa Cudjoe, when handing over funds to sporting associations please put added measures to ensure the intended purpose is realised. “A suggestion would be to distribute funds directly to the swimmers and officials based on the cost breakdown in the meet summons or ASATT’s …
Read More »Daly Bread: Funding discredited sporting bodies; Sport Ministry let Thema down
This week, I continue examining the bogus organisation of sport in our country illustrated by the fate of gymnast Thema Williams, my pro bono client in the High Court, whom the Court declared had been a victim of bias. I now describe the specific event, which took place shortly after …
Read More »Daly Bread: Bogus sporting organisation; Thema, TTGF and missing Gov’t oversight
Tuesday last, 26 November, was the one-year anniversary of the High Court’s declaration that gymnast Thema Williams was a victim of ‘entrenched biases’ when the then officials of the Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics Federation ‘made a flawed and unjustified decision’ to withdraw her from the Olympic Test event in Rio …
Read More »Infantino rallies for ‘teammate’ John-Williams, as TTFA president enjoys gala HOF opening
“When you have a good day, you help your teammates; when you have a bad day, you will be helped by your teammates,” said FIFA president Gianni Infantino, in his address at the opening of the TTFA Home of Football this afternoon. “Our [Fifa] World Cup is this. It is …
Read More »T-League on verge of collapse as Gillette accuses DJW and Camara of betrayal
The much-vaunted T-League, a FIFA-approved and TTFA-run football league involving Trinidad and Tobago’s two top domestic competitions, appears to be on the verge of collapse before a ball is kicked, with leaked correspondence suggesting an about-turn by Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams. Today, Commission chairman Lindsay …
Read More »Eve: TTFA killing dreams of young players; DJW and co jet off to Japan and France
Club Sando and Naparima College head coach Angus Eve has vowed to take over two dozen young footballers to see Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Shamfa Cudjoe, in a last ditch effort to save their dream of participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying series. Yesterday, Trinidad and Tobago …
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