West Indies’ disastrous 2021 ICC T20 World Cup campaign finally drew to a close today with an 8-wkt loss to Australia and a promised reboot from team captain Kieron Pollard. The ‘Men in Maroon’, Pollard admitted, came to Dubai with the intention of clobbering their way to success. The results, …
Read More »T2021 W/C: Pollard: ‘[WI] lacked cricket smarts’; Hetmyer hits 81 in vain as S/Lanka k.o. champs
Twenty-five year old Sri Lankan pacer Chamika Karunaratne tapped his temple and then tapped his heart, after dismissing West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell for two runs in today’s ICC T20 World Cup contest. And, just to be sure nobody missed it, Karunaratne repeated the gesture. By then, West Indies were …
Read More »T2021 W/C: ‘DreRuss’ delivers, Pooran, Holder shine as WI keep hope alive, after last-ball scare
With his team bidding to overhaul a West Indies total of 142 for 7 to win today’s do-or-die ICC T20 World Cup clash, Bangladesh captain Mohammad Mahmudullah needed four runs off the last ball of the innings. He swung at a full Andre Russell delivery just wide of off-stump. And …
Read More »T2021 W/C: WI in trouble after 8-wkt loss to S/Africa despite de Kock pull-out after refusing ‘the knee’
South Africa star Quinton de Kock’s refusal to take the knee today in a now commonplace gesture against racism, even at the expense of his place in the squad, is likely to have a long-term effect on his team’s chances at the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup. Today, though, the …
Read More »Cordner gets her 39th international goal, but Panama shake off penalty miss to tie T&T 1-1
After 180 minutes of football plus stoppage time, there was no separating the national women’s teams of Trinidad and Tobago and Panama. The two outfits played to their second successive draw today as a 1-1 result at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva followed last Thursday’s goalless tie. Once more, it …
Read More »Kimika stars as W/Warriors hold Panama 0-0 in first international outing since 2019
An assured performance from Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team goalkeeper Kimika Forbes saw the host nation hold Panama to a goalless draw in the first of two friendly contests at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva this afternoon. The Women Soca Warriors went long periods without the ball …
Read More »UFCTT wishes Kenwyne Jones well; TTFA offers live stream of Women Warriors friendly
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) will stream this afternoon’s friendly between the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team and their Panamanian counterparts live from 3.30pm on its Facebook page. The Women Soca Warriors face Panama at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva but the game is not …
Read More »Jones promises stability to ‘traumatised’ Women Warriors, said NC offered him job on Sunday
New Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team interim head coach Kenwyne Jones vowed to help stabilise a traumatised team and build on the work of former coach James Thomas, as he faced the media for the first time this afternoon in a virtual press conference. Jones, who has a …
Read More »American Futsal coach, Konstin, faces axe after ONE session; Kenwyne tipped for Women’s job
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is set to appoint former Soca Warriors captain and England Premier League forward Kenwyne Jones as Women’s National Senior Team head coach. Wired868 was informed that the 37-year-old Jones, who represented Trinidad and Tobago at the Germany 2006 World Cup and the 2001 …
Read More »W/Corner: Mexico march on but Boyz flicker to life, thanks to ‘Tappa’s’ Fisher expedition
Even with the globe turned upside down by ‘an invisible enemy’, mankind can still bank on the near certainty of death, taxes, Nicki Minaj saying something stupid on social media… and Mexico qualifying for the Fifa World Cup. It has been 40 years since ‘El Tricolor’ failed to successfully navigate …
Read More »“No different than John-Williams!” Hadad-led NC accused of ‘hiding money’ from creditors
Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical director and Men’s National Senior Team player Kendall Walkes has accused the Robert Hadad-led normalisation committee of hiding money from its creditors. Walkes, who won a TT$5.1m award in the Port-of-Spain High Court for breach of contract against the David John-Williams-led administration …
Read More »TTFA members pass financial statement after Fifa threat, UFCTT accepted as member
Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad successfully navigated today’s online extraordinary general meeting of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), as the local football body’s 2019 financial statement was passed by 27 votes to four Former TTFA president David John-Williams appeared to be dissatisfied with the auditor’s report at …
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