Former Trinidad and Tobago and England Premier League winger Carlos Edwards is set to make his coaching debut locally, after being confirmed today as the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team assistant coach. A release from the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) credited Edwards with the Uefa B …
Read More »England ditched in Barbados again as Holder takes four wkts from as many balls in thrilling WI series win
An exhilarating series got a storybook ending tonight as West Indies beat England by 17 runs at the Kensington Oval in Barbados to clinch the Betway T20 International Series 3-2. And it was hometown hero, Jason Holder, the man whose initial sidelining from the 2021 T20 World Cup prompted Barbados …
Read More »‘We’re going in a different direction’; Kenwyne confirms Maylee exit—along with Cordner and asst coach
Women’s National Senior Team head coach Kenwyne Jones suggested today that the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) should consider recognising and rewarding former Women Soca Warriors captain Maylee Attin-Johnson and star forward Kennya ‘Yaya’ Cordner for their tremendous service to the local game. Neither player, though, will be rewarded …
Read More »Powell pummels Salty England, West Indies take 2-1 lead in thrill-a-minute T20 series
Rovman Powell was the only change in the West Indies XI today. But he made quite the impact at Kensington Oval with a sensational knock of 107 from 53 balls as West Indies beat England by 20 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the Betway T20 International (T20I) Series. …
Read More »England win by one run as Hosein and Shepherd nearly pull off thrilling WI rescue mission
England bounced back from their opening T20 International loss to level the Betway Series 1-1 tonight at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. But it was not nearly as comfortable as it could have been. In the final over of the contest, West Indies plundered 28 runs with number 10 batsman …
Read More »Eve: “We can only build from this”; Bolivia trample Trinidad and Tobago 5-0 at altitude
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve pointed to the high altitude and the quality of his opponents, Bolivia, as the Soca Warriors crashed to a 5-0 friendly defeat tonight in Sucre—the largest defeat of his tenure so far. Eve told Wired868 beforehand that the Warriors …
Read More »Jesse, John-Paul and Jamal take centre stage, as Eve discusses T&T’s Bolivia challenge
“[…] I see John-Paul Rochford playing in between the lines like Judah Garcia, as an inverted winger. He shoots the ball well for a little fellah. I don’t think we shoot enough from outside. “He is a tenacious player and has a great eye for a pass and a tremendous …
Read More »QPCC FC mourn tragic deaths of young footballers Belgrave and Taiwan-bound Prudhomme
The QPCC football community was plunged into mourning yesterday after losing two players on the same day in different incidents. Former goalkeeper Raheem ‘Birdie’ Belgrave, 29, drowned yesterday morning while full-back Ackime Prudhomme was gunned down in Arouca. QPCC head coach Shawn Cooper and his former assistant Wayne Sheppard both …
Read More »Ireland shrug off absences to beat WI by 5 wkts, despite late fireworks by Shepherd and Smith
Four days ago, Ireland were uncertain about whether they could put together a full XI to complete the CG Insurance One-Day International series against the West Indies owing to five Covid-19 cases and two injuries. Today, the Irish did far better than just show up as they downed their hosts …
Read More »AFA confirms Mollon suspension but insists only one instance of ‘abuse or mistreatment of player’
The Anguilla Football Association (AFA) has confirmed that Women’s National Senior Team head coach Ahkeela Mollon was suspended for ‘abuse’ of a player but stressed that it only received one such complaint about the Trinidad and Tobago-born coach. AFA president Girdon Connor and his administration have faced public criticism over …
Read More »‘I chase bad men!’ How the late Andrew Jennings changed investigative sport journalism
One of my most vivid memories of Andrew Jennings came on our second meeting, after a media conference at the Trinidad Hilton in the build-up to the 2001 Fifa Under-17 World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago. It was an elegant event, attended by then Fifa president Sepp Blatter, with every …
Read More »‘Concerned parents’, a parliamentary reprimand and bullying accusations: Ahkeela responds to Anguilla criticism
Former Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team star Ahkeela Mollon has had a mixed start to her new career as an international coach. Whether Mollon is saint or sinner, villain or victim, depends on whom you speak to in Anguilla, though. And after 14 months on the job as …
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