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Once again, 23-year-old Trinidad and Tobago defender has withdrawn from international duty to pursue a professional career in Vietnam. This time, he won’t come back. Perhaps. As DIRECTV W Connection prepared to face Central FC in the 2014 Digicel Pro Bowl semifinals, Cyrus was on his way to the Piarco …

Just hours after Central FC booked its place in the 2015 CONCACAF Champions League qualifying phase, the Digicel Pro League club is set to reveal that its head coach, Terry Fenwick, will not take the “Couva Sharks” into the regional competition. Instead, the 54-year-old Fenwick revealed today that he has …

The 2013/14 Digicel Pro League season threw up a final dramatic twist yesterday as Defence Force crashed to a 1-0 loss to San Juan Jabloteh at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. It meant that, at the death, Central FC earned a shock CONCACAF Champions League qualifying berth …

The first thing that hits you about 24-year-old North East Stars midfield enforcer Jeromie Williams is his round appearance. Williams, who also answers to the nickname “Butters”, stands at five-foot-two but more than compensates with his beefy 179-pound frame. He is quicker than he looks over short distances, though, and …

Wired868 looks back at the thrilling million dollar Digicel Pro League finale when DIRECTV W Connection and playmaker Joevin Jones crowned themselves as champions. DIRECTV W Connection attacker Hashim Arcia played a measured pass into the path of teammate and playmaker Joevin Jones as the latter figure darted in off …

DIRECTV W Connection will meet bitter Couva rivals, Central FC, for the final time this season on Friday May 16 in the Digicel Pro Bowl semi-final match from 8 pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. “The Amazing Spiderman 2” probably has little on “El Clásico Couva 7.” Judging …

Trinidad and Tobago football’s most valuable brothers, arguably, were goalkeeper Lincoln and “Tiger” Phillips and defender Winston Phillips who played side-by-side in the 1974 World Cup qualifying campaign when the two island republic was robbed of a place in the FIFA showcase tournament. Since then, examples of siblings who both …

DIRECTV W Connection will be aiming for its fourth major domestic trophy this season when the “Savonetta Boys” kicks off their Digicel Pro Bowl title defence at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain tonight. W Connection plays Caledonia AIA from 8 pm in a double header, which kicks …

Defence Force made sure any team that wanted its Digicel Pro League trophy would need to prise it from its cold hands. And, in the end, DIRECTV W Connection did just that as the “Savonetta Boys” romped to a 4-1 win over the defending champions at the Ato Boldon Stadium …

The paternal nephew of Trinidad and Tobago 2006 World Cup defender and Chaconia Medal holder Avery John, 23-year-old Point Fortin Civic defender Weslie John has football running in his veins. John, like his uncles Quentin and Quincy, were stand-outs at Vessigny Secondary school and he was only half-joking when he …

“We need to win on Tuesday and we will be going to win,” Defence Force assistant coach Marvin Gordon told Wired868. “You know what we have been through this season. We had to stop for a month to do work for the country and then losing Kevon Carter… The Pro …

DIRECTV W Connection Alvin Jones kept his team in the driver’s seat tonight with a late leveller as the “Savonetta Boys” remained on course to snatch the 2013/14 Digicel Pro League crown and the one million dollar first prize. But Defence Force will not relinquish its crown without a fight. …