At the final whistle yesterday evening, dozens of schoolboys stormed the field throwing anything they could find into the air and hugging their school’s footballers, parents and teachers took turns waving a Naparima College flag while fireworks shot into the sky and exploded with colour and lights over the venue at …
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The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has refused to reopen negotiations with its cricket team over their new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)/Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in a decision that is likely to deepen resentment between players and administrators during the ongoing India series. West Indies’ One Day International (ODI) squad …
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National Security Minister and ex-Defence Force captain Gary Griffith provoked inter-island tension again this week with an undiplomatic reference to Jamaicans living illegally in Trinidad and Tobago. There might have been revenge of sorts at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya tonight as San Juan Jabloteh, with five Jamaicans in …
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The Trinidad and Tobago national women’s team will start its 2015 World Cup qualifying campaign in earnest tomorrow on October 15 when the “Soca Princesses” face the United States ladies from 9.30 pm in Kansas City, Missouri. Trinidad and Tobago coach Randy Waldrum described the fixture as a David versus …
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The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) formally declined an offer of financial assistance from Haiti today as TTFA president Raymond Tim Kee wrote his Haitian counterpart Dr Yves Jean-Bart to say thanks but no thanks. Haiti national women’s coach Shek Borkowski, a Polish native, said his players heard the …
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An Andrew Rullow hattrick kept St Anthony’s College’s title hopes alive for another 48 hours at least; but it was at the expense of Chaguanas North Secondary. The “Westmoorings Tigers” enjoyed a breezy afternoon on their home ground today as they mauled Chaguanas North 6-1 to remain within one point …
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The first noticeable slip from a Trinidad and Tobago footballer at the Ato Boldon Stadium last night came about half hour after the final whistle as the media playfully grilled midfielder Hughtun Hector about life in Vietnam where he represents champion club, Hanoi T&T. “I try to learn a few words …
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West Indies cricketers representing the region in all three formats of the game stand to lose over US$52,000 (TT$330,000) in compensation for the ongoing India series, which represents a startling 64 percent drop in earnings. Even more eye-raising is the fact that this loss in earnings was agreed to by the …
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Naparima College was in title winning form this evening as the southern school put in a professional shift with a workmanlike 2-0 win away to Carapichaima East Secondary in the penultimate round of the maiden SSFL Premier Division competition. Two second half items from Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 players …
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The region’s most successful football team, Trinidad and Tobago, is on its way to another Caribbean Cup finals. Another item from “Soca Warriors” captain Kenwyne Jones plus a fine strike from playmaker Ataulla Guerra ensured that the host team advanced on schedule last night after a 2-0 win over St …
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Four days after the Trinidad and Tobago national women’s team flew to the United States for a pre-CONCACAF Championship training camp with just US$500, the team is still awaiting the promised funding from the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). And the Ministry of Sport revealed that the TTFA’s request …
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The following is a letter, leaked exclusively to Wired868, which was sent today by the West Indies cricket team to West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Whycliffe “Dave” Cameron and CEO Michael Muirhead on the eve of tomorrow’s ODI against India. The players have urged Cameron to use his conscience …
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