Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) David John-Williams could already be the subject of a police probe, after CNC3 investigative reporter Mark Bassant alleged that at least US$1.5 million meant for the local game was diverted to a Panamanian bank account under his name. John-Williams, however, is not the …
Read More »TV6ME: Liburd on TTFA court ruling and pending Fifa deadline
Wired868 editor Lasana Liburd discusses the state of Trinidad and Tobago’s football and a potential Fifa ban with TV6 Morning Edition host Fazeer Mohammed: More from Wired868 Defiant NAAATT Junior and Senior Champs draw curtain on 2024 Trinidad and Tobago’s 4x100m relay teams close the curtain on Day Three as …
Read More »United TTFA granted injunction; Hadad blocked from calling EGM—ball in Fifa’s court
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace and vice-presidents Clynt Taylor, Susan Joseph-Warrick and Sam Phillip were today granted an injunction, which blocks the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee from convening the extraordinary general meeting it scheduled for tomorrow. High Court Judge Carol Gobin also prohibited Fifa and its agents …
Read More »Police start ‘preliminary investigation’ into DJW; Quan Chan, Daniel respond to allegations
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith says the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has ‘taken notice’ of allegations of financial misconduct supposedly committed by former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams but remained tightlipped about an official probe. John-Williams was the subject of an hour long feature …
Read More »Dr Rowley maintains restrictions but hints at improvements, encouraged by TKR success
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley confirmed today that current public health restrictions will stay in place until 11 October, as a means of thwarting the spread of the novel coronavirus. Those measures include: the limiting of public gatherings to five persons, as well as no in-house dining, drinking, contact sport, …
Read More »‘Contemptuous!’ Wallace asks High Court to stop EGM and ‘restrain’ Fifa’s normalisation committee
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace has asked the High Court to block the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee from holding an Extraordinary General Meeting on 15 September, as the two bodies continue to fight over the right to run the local game. On 4 September, normalisation committee chairman …
Read More »‘An honest athlete who erred’; CAS upholds ‘prohibited substance’ ruling against Njisane
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled against ace Trinidad and Tobago cyclist Njisane Phillip for the presence of a prohibited substance in a sample provided by him at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. The CAS ruling supports the decision of the Panam Sports ad hoc disciplinary …
Read More »Technical staff members say settlement imminent, hail ‘progressive’ talks with normalisation committee
Representatives for the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) national technical staff members have reported progress in discussions with the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee, with a settlement believed to be imminent. The coaches and assortment of support staff, who were all hired under the William Wallace-led administration, have not been paid …
Read More »Hadad claims proof to support controversial EGM; club owner says otherwise, Downer scoffs
Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad intends to push on with a Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Extraordinary General Meeting on 15 September, despite several constitutional issues about the conclave—including whether a requisite number of delegates supported the meeting. Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association (TTFRA) vice-president Osmond Downer …
Read More »“Stop looking at race and look at logic’! Griffith defends TTPS response to Bayside party
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith tried to turn the table on persons critical of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service’s handling of a pool party in Bayside Towers, by suggesting that they were the ones with a ‘hang-up’ on race and class—and not his lawmen. On Sunday, a Bayside resident …
Read More »Deyalsingh suggests Bayside party fell outside health regulations; T&T has 102 new Covid-19 cases
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh suggested that a pool party at the Bayside Towers in Cocorite, where a group of more than five people were seen frolicking without masks, might fall outside the public health ordinance. Residents said the party-goers within the gated community, refused to disperse when advised to …
Read More »If you want to lead, you must read! Downer hits back at Sancho over TTFA EGM blunder
Interim Pro League chairman Brent Sancho and former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams both received copies of the amended TTFA Constitution on 22 September 2019. So too did AC Port of Spain directors Ryan Nunes and Michael Awai, the San Juan Jabloteh office and Club Sando …
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