A Jamaican Gayle hit the Tobago countryside yesterday but his first name was not Chris and so he didn’t exactly take the island by storm. The towering former Jamaica international, whose first name is Marcus, was one of three ex-Premiership players in the sister isle for this weekend’s Tobago Legends …
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It was a spanking new competition but some familiar faces hogged the opening credits. Veteran Trinidad and Tobago internationals Maylee Attin-Johnson and Tasha St Louis produced the golden touches yesterday evening at the Police Barracks in St James as the Women’s Premier League (WPL) got off to a rousing and …
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Dwight Yorke, Russell Latapy, Louis Saha, Shaka Hislop, Deon Burton, Stern John, Stan Collymore, Pierre Van Hoojidonk, Dennis Lawrence, Patrick Berger and, as a special treat, cricket’s world record holder Brian Lara. It is an all-star week for football fans as the Caribbean’s most famous past players and a host …
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The Sport Ministry has revealed the rosters for five of the six participating Women’s Premier League (WPL) clubs as the inaugural women’s tournament prepares for kick off on Thursday June 18 at the Police Barracks in St James. The Dragons, led by first draft pick and Trinidad and Tobago’s 2014 …
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Trinidad and Tobago’s 2014 Player of the Year and “Women Soca Warrior” defender Arin King had the distinction of being the first selection of the inaugural Women’s Premier League League (WPL) draft, which was held yesterday afternoon at the Hasely Crawford Stadium’s VIP Lounge in Port of Spain. The six-team …
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The Women’s Premier League is, in fact, an international football tournament. Kevin Harrison, the advisor to Sport Minister Brent Sancho, said that, eight weeks ago, the Sport Ministry decided not to describe its maiden competition as a league, due to potential complications pointed out by Trinidad and Tobago Football Association …
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International women football players began pouring into Trinidad this weekend in anticipation of the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL), which is the brainchild of Sport Minister Brent Sancho. The overseas players, who come from North, South and Central America, the Caribbean and Europe, will all be based at the Chancellor …
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“Mahatma Gandhi said: all through history, there have been tyrants,” said Chaguanas West MP and ex-FIFA vice president Jack Warner. “But in the end, they fall.” Irony is lost on Warner, the former history teacher who became a millionaire football official but is now fighting extradition to the United States. …
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter quit his post at the helm of the governing football body this afternoon in a press conference that surprised the world. Barely a dozen journalists turned up in Zurich today for a hastily arranged press conference called by Blatter, who was re-elected as FIFA president last …
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Trinidad and Tobago Pro League champions, Central FC, face a nightmarish draw for their CONCACAF Champions League debut this year and, arguably, DIRECTV W Connection have it even worse. Central were today drawn with United States’ 2014 MLS Cup champions LA Galaxy, who are led by ex-Tottenham and Inter Milan …
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Here comes the boom! St Ann’s Rangers apart, this Pro League season has been a thoroughly competitive one with many memorable individual performances. Wired868 will again try to pick favourites based on consistency, number of games played and the awesome factor. So, here is our senior Ruby Tuesday/Wired868 All-Star Team. …
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A brilliant angled strike by Trinidad and Tobago National Football Team striker Willis Plaza ensured that Central FC ended the 2014/15 domestic season last night with a thoroughly comfortable assignment, as the “Couva Sharks” whipped Caledonia AIA 4-1 in the Digicel Pro Bowl final. At the final whistle, Plaza was …
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