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Madame Justice Carol Gobin vowed to rule on the impasse between the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association and Fifa by 3pm on Tuesday 13 October, in what is arguably the biggest matter of sport law in this country’s history. But that did not mean there was not plenty to report …

I have chosen to publicly break my silence about the current impasse between United TTFA and FIFA. In my opinion, the atmosphere around our football reeks of toxicity. When Fifa appointed the normalisation committee, my first reaction was one of genuine surprise. I made that known to the president William …

Madame Justice Carol Gobin will proceed with Friday’s High Court case between Fifa and the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), despite a late request by the former party for a deferral. The main issues for determination by the High Court on 9 October are: Whether the purported appointment of …

“[…] His departure was both sudden and unexpected. One could say it was in his nature. The only person who could truly say they knew Dad’s movements […] was his travel agent…” The following Letter to the Editor on the passing of former Trinidad and Tobago cricketer Sheldon Gomes—a former …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) will be excluded from the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign—on top of the Concacaf 2021 Gold Cup tournament—if it does not meet the criteria set by Fifa for the lifting of its international suspension by 6pm on 18 December 2020. The apparent …

Fifa will need to deposit TT$60,000 as ‘security for costs’ if it wants its appeal against High Court Judge Carol Gobin’s ruling to be heard on 19 October. Yesterday, Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace and vice-presidents Clynt Taylor and Sam Phillip got more good news from …

Minister of Finance Colm Imbert outlined the Trinidad and Tobago Government’s Budget for 2020-2021 today, as a bid to ‘ensure that our economic recovery is as strong as possible’ and with ‘diversification of the economy [as] our highest priority’. Sport earned two mentions in Imbert’s 142-page Budget statement, although it …

Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith had to make do with a second-hand appraisal of his son Gary Griffith III’s first step towards his dream of a professional football career yesterday. Griffith III, an attacker, featured as a trialist with Northern Ireland top flight club, Coleraine FC, last night along with …

Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad is still mum on the salary that he and his fellow members collect monthly from the world governing body, even as coaches and players remain unpaid. Hadad admitted in a recent SportsMax interview that he and his colleagues are paid by Fifa but did …

Fifa suspension notwithstanding, Trinidad and Tobago must get past Montserrat and either Cuba or French Guiana to qualify for the group stage of the Concacaf 2021 Gold Cup. The Soca Warriors got their 2021 assignments in yesterday’s Gold Cup draw, which Concacaf allowed them to participate in despite being suspended …

Mobil Outlaw was the first to Tobago on Saturday, as 23 boats competed in six different race classes for the 52nd edition of the Trinidad and Tobago Great Race. The event, which was hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Power Boat Association (TTPBA) and sponsored by bmobile, ran from Williams …

As the clock ticks on the impasse between Fifa and the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), the future of the ‘beautiful game’ on these shores is at stake—but not for the reason that most think. The TTFA, despite the shrill bleating of uninformed voices, is not hamstrung by a …