Wired868 editor Lasana Liburd talks to TV6 Morning Edition host Fazeer Mohammed on the Trinidad and Tobago football team’s resurgence under new interim head coach Angus Eve, the 2021 Gold Cup challenge, and racism in sport: Wired868 has provided readers with solid, independent journalism since 2012. If you appreciate …
Read More »El Salvador see off Guatemala before crucial clash with T&T, Phillip reaches milestone
El Salvador grabbed two late goals last night against Guatemala to take all three points in their opening 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup Group A affair and set up a fascinating contest with Trinidad and Tobago at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco from 7.30pm (TT time) on Wednesday. At present, El …
Read More »‘A court hearing could be beneficial […] to the entire country’; Wired868 responds to CoP
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith has filed a defamation lawsuit against Wired868 and its columnist Dennise Demming for an opinion piece which suggested that Griffith abused his position in an attempt to have his son and footballer, Gary Griffith III, selected for the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team. …
Read More »Hetmyer, Cottrell and Chase are back for West Indies’ ODI series against Australia
Left-handed top order batsman Shimron Hetmyer, left-arm fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell and right-handed all-rounder Roston Chase have been recalled to the West Indies One-Day International (ODI) squad for the upcoming CG Insurance ODI series against Australia. The West Indies will play three ODIs at Kensington Oval in Barbados on 20, …
Read More »Kai, Jonathan and Warren added to Tokyo roster, TTOC take largest ever contingent to Olympics
The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) has added three athletes to its initial contingent for the Tokyo Olympic Games, after ‘a late request for amendment’ by National Association of Athletic Administrators of Trinidad and Tobago (NAAATT) acting president George Commissiong. A release by Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) …
Read More »Walcott, Thompson and Cedenio among four returning medalists in 30-member Team Tokyo
Returning Olympic medalists Keshorn Walcott, Richard ‘Torpedo’ Thompson, Machel Cedenio and Deon Lendore are among 30 athletes who will represent Trinidad and Tobago at the Tokyo Olympic Games, which runs from 23 July to 8 August 2021. The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC), headed by president Brian Lewis, confirmed …
Read More »Trinidad and Tobago face French Guiana in final Gold Cup playoff, after Cuba withdrawal
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will battle French Guiana for a place in the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup group stage on Tuesday night, after Cuba were ruled out of the competition today due to ‘Covid-19 related travel and visa challenges and the required Covid-19 testing regime’. “Given …
Read More »Eve scraps lone pre-Gold Cup friendly due to ‘Covid concerns’ over opponents
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team interim head coach Angus Eve will not have the benefit of a warm-up match before the Concacaf Gold Cup playoffs, after the Soca Warriors scrapped a proposed friendly against amateur club, Miami Dutch Lions FC. Eve, according to the TTFA Media, was forced …
Read More »Joevin ruled out of Gold Cup with knee injury; Hart ‘in good spirits’ after health scare
Trinidad and Tobago will be without versatile flanker Joevin Jones when they face Montserrat in a 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup playoff fixture next Friday, after he suffered a knee injury yesterday in a 2-1 loss for InterMiami CF against Major League Soccer (MLS) neighbours, Orlando City. It was InterMiami’s fourth …
Read More »Flashback: When Trinidad and Tobago challenged Canada for the 2000 Gold Cup title
The dawn of the new millennium produced a shocking Concacaf Gold Cup tournament in 2000 as, for the first and only time in 30 years, neither Mexico nor the United States appeared in the final. In the quarterfinal round, Canada shocked Mexico 2-1, South American guests Colombia edged USA on …
Read More »US Embassy flies Pride flag, as ‘Biden-Harris Administration’ makes LGBTQI+ statement
“[…] The Biden-Harris Administration has encouraged all embassies and consulates to fly the Pride flag on the same flagpole as the US flag, to demonstrate the United States’ leadership on LGBTQI+ human rights around the world…” The following is a press statement on LGBTQI+ Pride Month by the US Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago: Today, …
Read More »West Indies recall Andre Russell for T20 ‘X’ factor against South Africa
All-rounder Andre Russell is the only addition to West Indies’ T20 International Team which beat Sri Lanka 2-1 in February, as the defending T20 world Cup champions face South Africa from 2pm on Saturday at the Grenada National Stadium in the first of two CG Insurance T20 Internationals (T20I). Fully …
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