Lasana Liburd

Lasana Liburd is the managing director and chief editor at Wired868.com and a journalist with over 20 years experience at several Trinidad and Tobago and international publications including Play the Game, World Soccer, UK Guardian and the Trinidad Express.

Wallace: I lied about Peter Miller; TTFA president admits giving contract to controversial Englishman

Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace lied to his vice-presidents, the board and the media about the relationship between controversial English marketing man Peter Miller and the local football body—because Miller asked him to. Two months after Wallace told Wired868 that Miller was not the TTFA’s marketing …

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Wallace defends Ramdhan contract, Downer disagrees and Harford says release ‘too strong’

Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace said he had the right to unilaterally give Ramesh Ramdhan a two year contract as general secretary and criticised his United TTFA colleagues for being ‘premature’ in their condemnation of his actions. The United TTFA slate, a lobby group that campaigned …

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Meet the ‘Ice Cream Man’; Wired868 reviews Hadad’s tenure thus far as TTFA staff return to work

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) ostensibly got back to business today, as all eight staff members turned out for work at its headquarters in the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva. If there was any excitement about returning to their place of employment—now under the management of normalisation committee chairman …

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“His choice of passes was one of the best I’ve seen!” Remembering the ‘pass-master’ Sedley Joseph

“I never saw Sedley [Joseph] in the middle of a problem as a player, and as manager he was even better…” “Sometimes a player might make an accurate pass but it wasn’t the best one—he would always see the best pass…” “Captain Sedley was the epitome of the essential gentleman: …

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