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Former 2006 World Cup hero and Premier League striker Stern John heads a cast of past and present national football stars who will descend on the UWI SPEC ground from 4 pm on February 1 as the third annual Wired868 Football Festival kicks off in St Augustine. The event brings …

It took 77 minutes, a two-man numerical advantage and a goalkeeping blunder to separate Trinidad and Tobago and Panama on Sunday in their CONCACAF Under-20 Championship clash in Montego Bay. Guess what the Panama team’s travel plans are now? And where the young “Soca Warriors” are heading? Last month, the …

Number 14 for W Connection, Hashim Arcia, was a tough number for Wired868 to contact, but with great persistence and bad weather, we were able to pull through. Stooping down next to the laptop, he cleverly spilled out answers to our questions. Arcia played with the Trinidad and Tobago National …

In secret, they confess… Zug, September 21, 2009: FIFA President Sepp Blatter swallowed his pride and travelled in his chauffeured black Mercedes from his luxurious office high above Zurich to the austere lakeside office in Zug of the Chief Prosecutor, Christian Aebi. Blatter’s driver was probably wise enough not to …

Trinidad and Tobago striker Willis Plaza gave a timely reminder of his poaching instincts last night as Central FC edged defending Pro League champions, DIRECTV W Connection, 1-0 in the Couva Clasico at the Ato Boldon Stadium. The result sent the “Couva Sharks” six points clear of Connection at the …

Seventeen-year-old Trinidad and Tobago international youth team winger Levi Garcia is set to become a “Cheese Farmer.” Netherlands football magazine Voetbal International announced today the Shiva Boys HC schoolboy Levi Garcia has agreed in principle to join Eredivisie outfit, AZ Alkmaar, after his 18th birthday in November. The impending move …

We thought it was over. It is now. The Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 team’s dream of advancing to the New Zealand 2015 FIFA Under-20 World Cup tournament was finally extinguished in Montego Bay tonight after a 1-0 loss to the United States in their final CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Group …

It turns out that it is handy to know the tournament rules after all. The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 football team camp was turned upside down today with the news that the young “Soca Warriors” can still salvage hopes of a berth at the New Zealand 2015 FIFA Under-20 …

Former T&T football captain David Nakhid recalls the work of late manager Richard Braithwaite during two tumultuous Gold Cup campaigns Wavering between reluctance and tacit acceptance, I feel an obligation to pen some of the experiences and times that I shared with the man commonly referred to by most players …

Trinidad and Tobago’s chances of advancing to the New Zealand 2015 FIFA Under-20 World Cup were extinguished tonight in Montego Bay after a 1-0 defeat to Panama followed by Jamaica’s 1-0 loss to the United States meant that progress was virtually impossible. It would take a five goal triumph over …

The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 football team must find a pathway through Panama tomorrow to get to the New Zealand 2015 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. The young “Soca Warriors” face Panama at 3 pm (4 pm TT) tomorrow at the Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay in the first of …

Former Trinidad and Tobago National Senior football team manager Richard Braithwaite passed away today at about 12.30 pm at the San Fernando General Hospital. His family has not released a statement on his death but Braithwaite, who was believed to be about 60, was known to have been dogged by …