Liverpool FC, led by tempestuous the Stan Collymore—an English striker with a Barbadian parent—were crowned the new British Airways Tobago Legends Football Challenge champions this evening in an exciting finale to the six-a-side competition at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet. But they had to beat stiff local competition along …
Read More »Guess who joined the Legends: Updated squad lists
Legendary cricket batsman Brian Lara wore the number 10 jersey for Manchester United today while World Cup 2006 players Marvin Andrews and Cyd Gray and 2001 Under-17 World Cup midfielder Devon Leacock all made surprise appearances. Here are the full squad rosters for the British Airways Tobago Legends Challenge: Arsenal …
Read More »Legends live: Day one of the Legends Football Challenge
The British Airways Tobago Football Legends tournament kicked off this afternoon at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago. Wired868 has you covered: Tobago Football Legends (Group A) Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Paul McVeigh, Ruel Fox, Devon Leacock), Manchester United 2 (Ben Thornley, Bojan Djordic) Former Manchester United star and 2006 …
Read More »Legends hit Tobago countryside; Speyside nearly forgot the memo
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 …
Read More »Maylee and St Louis shine as Angels and Fuego take early WPL honours
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 …
Read More »The Legends are here! Yorke, Lara, Latapy, Saha and more hit Tobago
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 …
Read More »T&T U23 team selected; Warriors start qualifiers without warm-up match
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-23 Team will head for the preliminary round of their 2016 Olympic qualifying campaign next week without a single warm-up match under their belts. Head coach Zoran Vranes today selected a 20-man squad that includes capped senior team players Rundell Winchester, Kadeem Corbin, Shannon Gomez, …
Read More »Time to rewrite ‘Rally’? Keeping faith in WI and reactive Ramdin
I am willing to bet that there is a West Indian native or a West Indian supporter in the stats department at espncricinfo. That would explain why somebody tried to take shame outta we face on Sunday after Michel Clarke’s Aussies rolled over Denesh Ramdin’s West Indies with almost five …
Read More »Awful! Hart says many Warriors didn’t deserve national colours
Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Stephen Hart blasted his team’s performance as awful today after a 3-0 loss away to Jordan, which equalled his heaviest defeat as “Soca Warriors” coach. The Warriors lost 3-0 to a Lionel Messi-led Argentina team on 4 June 2014 at Buenos Aires. …
Read More »Meet the WPL players: Sport Ministry reveals squad rosters
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 …
Read More »Jordan whips Warriors; T&T’s winless streak stretches to five matches
The Trinidad and Tobago National Football Team suffered their joint highest defeat under head coach Stephen Hart today as the “Soca Warriors” crashed to a 3-0 loss away to Jordan in international friendly action. Jordan have already played nine outings this year, including three Asian Cup qualifiers and one World …
Read More »Warriors aim to snap four match winless streak against Jordan
The “Soca Warriors” will aim to end a four match winless streak at 7 pm tomorrow (midday TT time) when they face Jordan in Amman in what is likely to be their final 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup warm-up match. The Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team last tasted victory on …
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