The West Indies cricket team has demanded the immediate resignation of West Indies Players Association (WIPA) president Wavell Hinds over perceived conflicts of interests that supposedly affected the representation he gave the players in signing last month’s Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)/Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the West Indies Cricket Board …
Read More »WI cricketers turn on WIPA: India ODI series in jeopardy
The following is a letter sent today from the West Indies cricket team to West Indies Players Association (WIPA) president Wavell Hinds, which was given to Wired868 from an informed source in India. West Indies is due to face India at Kochi tomorrow in the first of five ODI series but …
Read More »Training compensation: What FIFA says you’re owed for developing talent
Are you unsure as to what, if anything, you are owed when a player you developed after the age of 12 turns professional? Wired868 publishes the FIFA by-law governing training compensation for players up until the age of 21, so you can figure it out yourself: Article 1: Objective 1. A …
Read More »Hinkson doubles up as Stars down Point Fortin
Diminutive utility player Kennedy Hinkson opened his account for the 2014/15 Pro League season with a double today as North East Stars shot down Point Fortin Civic at the Mahaica Oval in Point Fortin. Point Fortin, who limped through the pre-season with the threat of financial bankruptcy, scored first through …
Read More »Can FIFA blank T&T starlet Levi Garcia’s move to Europe?
Sixteen-year-old Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 attacker and Shiva Boys Hindu School football star, Levi Garcia, is set to leave for Europe next week in a controversial move engineered by Dutch agent Humphry Nijman. Here is what FIFA says about the movement of players under the age of 18: (FIFA …
Read More »D/Force edges Stars; Caledonia fights off Point Fortin
Defence Force and Caledonia AIA enjoyed winning starts to their 2014/15 Digicel Pro League campaigns yesterday afternoon with hard-fought victories over North East Stars and Point Fortin Civic respectively. An extra time Richard Roy penalty settled an otherwise barren affair at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar as Defence Force …
Read More »Shannon named U-20 captain; young Warriors kick off on Friday
Seventeen-year-old former St Augustine Secondary stand-out Shannon Gomez will captain the Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 team on Friday as the young “Soca Warriors” kick off their 2014 Under-20 Caribbean Championship campaign against Suriname from 7.15 pm in the second game of a Hasely Crawford Stadium double header in Port of …
Read More »Ford focus: Nelson St starlet promises to lift T&T U-20s in Caribbean Cup
Seventeen-year-old Trinidad and Tobago defender Maurice Ford hopes to see his Nelson Street friends at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on Friday evening when the national under-20 team kicks off its Caribbean Under-20 Championship campaign against Curacao from 7.15 pm. The CFU competition is the first step on the road to …
Read More »U-20s shine as makeshift Warriors hold Guadeloupe
Sixteen-year-old Central FC attacker Levi Garcia had a senior debut to remember today as a makeshift Trinidad and Tobago national football team outfit held Guadeloupe 1-1 at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet. The outing would not go down as an official international cap since Guadeloupe is not a FIFA …
Read More »St Augustine routs Pres; CIC, Arima keep 100 percent records
There was no place like home for St Augustine Secondary as the “Green Machine” kicked into gear with a 5-2 win over Presentation College (San Fernando) this evening in SSFL Premier Division action in St Augustine. St Augustine was hammered 3-0 in its season opener against St Mary’s College on …
Read More »T&T U-17 Warriors through to CFU finals in Haiti
The Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 football team is through to the final Caribbean Football Union (CFU) round and one step closer to its ultimate goal of a berth at the Chile 2015 Under-17 World Cup. Last night in St Lucia, the young “Soca Warriors” held off a fierce fight-back …
Read More »Ya Ya’s back! Doctor clears Cordner for Martinique clash
Trinidad and Tobago attacker Kennya “Ya Ya” Cordner is set to make a sensational return to the “Soca Princesses” line-up tomorrow as the host nation prepares to book a date with regional rival, Jamaica, for the inaugural Women’s Caribbean Cup final. Cordner was cleared by the Southern Medical Clinic today …
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