Former Sport Minister Brent Sancho and his advisor Kevin Harrison were subjected to a new low today, as 24 of Central FC’s 29 football players signed a petition that urged their board of directors not to allow them back to the Pro League club. The petition, which was addressed to …
Read More »NSL: QPCC overcome refereeing clanger to edge Malabar 2-1
Coaches and players raging at match officials is nothing new in football at any level. But when the infuriated team is the one that won the match, something more than the mortar is in the pestle. The Queen’s Park Cricket Club football team left the D’Abadie Recreational Ground with all …
Read More »SSFL: Yes they can; Shiva Boys snatch three points away to Fatima
Reigning Premier Division champion school, Naparima College, and challenger, St Mary’s College, took the plaudits on Round Two of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) on Saturday evening. But, on Mucurapo Road, the less-heralded Shiva Boys Hindu College continued its own quiet campaign with a second successive win for the …
Read More »TTFA opens Sancho/Harrison probe; Ex-minister quizzed on dodgy deals
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) yesterday gave former Sport Minister Brent Sancho and his former employee Kevin Harrison a seven-day deadline to respond to questions over: his conduct with regards to the transfers of Central FC forward Rundell Winchester, the signing of then 16-year-old winger Levi Garcia, and …
Read More »Too late for Ma Pau; Pro League starts new season with 10 clubs
The Pro League board yesterday made its final decision on the Ma Pau Sports Club’s application to join the domestic top flight. And the verdict is the prospective Pro League outfit was unable to convince the board members within an appropriate timeline. So, Ma Pau will not be involved in …
Read More »SSFL: Sam subdued as St Anthony’s stings San Juan North
There are unlikely to be many tougher venues than Bourg Mulatresse for visiting Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) outfits this season. In that context, the “Westmoorings Tigers” should be ecstatic by their first outing of the 2015 Premier Division competition as St Anthony’s College edged hosts San Juan North Secondary …
Read More »Naps humble Royalians; St Mary’s downs Trinity Hawks in SSFL opener
Reigning Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division champions, Naparima College, got their 2015 season off to a flying start this evening, as they gunned down newly promoted Queen’s Royal College 2-0 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. The clash between the two old institutions was the …
Read More »Ma Pau poser: How Pro League application led to Police probe in Sport Ministry
The Ma Pau Morvant Sports Club, almost certainly, will not participate in the 2015/16 Pro League competition, after an about-turn by the Ministry of Sport left the organisation without its registration fee. And it is possible that the Ma Pau outfit, which participated in the Pro League between 2008 and …
Read More »Sancho’s ex-agent, Davies, changes tune on Harrison’s “personal payment” request
British football agent Steve Davies, who represented Sport Minister Brent Sancho during his professional career in England, has made an about-turn regarding the request for a “personal payment” by Advisor to the Sport Minister, Kevin Harrison, during transfer negotiations for Trinidad and Tobago international forward Rundell Winchester in August 2014. …
Read More »CONCACAF: Harrison directed money to Sancho while he was Sport Minister
CONCACAF has rubbished assertions that Brent Sancho was not Trinidad and Tobago Sport Minister when his advisor, Kevin Harrison, directed the football confederation to wire Central FC funds to his personal bank account. Harrison and Central suggested that Sancho’s bank details were sent to CONCACAF in December 2014 while he …
Read More »NSL: Mikheil moves Malabar past Edinburgh 500 in D’Abadie
If last night’s CNG Super League Championship Division fixture at the D’Abadie Recreation was a fair guide, the winner of the competition should not only get a football trophy. Their players should get black belts. In the end, Malabar FC was the happier of the two teams, after pulling off …
Read More »TTFA monitoring alleged Sancho/Harrison payment request; Visé responds
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Sheldon Phillips confirmed that the local football body is monitoring a request, sent by then Central FC operations director Kevin Harrison’s email address, which asked for a “personal payment” for Harrison and then club chairman Brent Sancho related to a club transfer. At …
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