For the second time in the history of the Caribbean Club Championship, there will be no Trinidad and Tobago team among the final four outfits in the regional football competition. Defending Pro League champion club, Defence Force, was eliminated after just one game as the “Teteron Boys” lost 2-0 to …
Read More »Cricket’s ‘Greatest’ Debate: Bradman, Lara or Tendulkar?
Earl Best gets an answer, impassioned, predictable and as unbiased as it can be from a 68-year-old Santa Cruz native who keeps cricket’s “Bible” at his bedside but who knew Brian Lara when he was just a boy in short pants. Unquestionably the greatest batsman in the game, arguably the …
Read More »Defence Force out of CFU tournament; Caledonia in must-win scenario
Defence Force’s CONCACAF Club Championship dream lasted only 90 minutes. The defending Trinidad and Tobago Pro League champion club was eliminated from the 2014 Caribbean Club Championship last night without kicking a ball as Guyanese club, Alpha United, edged hosts Harbour View 1-0 in Jamaica to seal first place in …
Read More »Ex-TTFA coach ponders youth football return despite ‘sexting’ schoolboy scandal
Terrence Marcelle, a former Pleasantville Secondary and Trinidad and Tobago national youth team football coach, has a passion for developing youths and the qualifications to place him in the top echelons of local coaches in that field. However, Marcelle’s past indiscretion with a schoolboy is threatening to derail his effort …
Read More »Fresh referee ruckus: Connection holds Stars; Central downs Civic
Pro League referees again found themselves under fire last night as the top four teams clashed in a double header at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva. Present leader, DIRECTV W Connection came from behind to claim a 1-1 draw against North East Stars in a hotly contested affair while Central …
Read More »Caledonia whips Haitians; D/Force loses in CFU tourney
Trinidad and Tobago Pro League outfit Caledonia AIA shook off its miserable domestic form and the recent departures of several key players to whip host team Association Sportive de Mirebalais 3-0 in its 2014 Caribbean Club Championship Group 2 opener yesterday in Haiti. The “Eastern Stallions”, who recently exported versatile …
Read More »One-on-one with Shemel Louison
Twenty-three year old Caledonia AIA goalkeeper Shemel Louison’s sporting career started behind the stumps as a wicket keeper in Grenada. Devon Dowden, a youth team coach in Mt Moritz, challenged Louison to try football instead and his love for the game blossomed. Louison was just 20-years-old when he made his …
Read More »Bateau out: Rangers return to Streete for rest of season
Bottom placed Pro League club St Ann’s Rangers parted ways with head coach Gilbert Bateau today—on the International Day of Happiness—and is set to finish the season with former boss Anthony Streete. Streete, who steered Club Sando to second place in the 2013/14 Super League, has accepted the job until …
Read More »World Cup memory lane with Kelvin, Jan-Michael and Shaka
What does the FIFA World Cup mean to you? Wired868 asked some of our more illustrious football readers to share their memories of the greatest single sporting event on the planet. And we would like you to do the same. There are three basic questions and, each week, we will take …
Read More »Connection romps past ‘shorthanded’ Jabloteh; Civic edges Rangers
Pro League leader DIRECTV W Connection rebounded from last week’s derby defeat tonight with a comfortable 4-0 triumph over San Juan Jabloteh at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, which stretched its lead atop the table to a daunting eight points. Jabloteh sat deep throughout yet created its fair share …
Read More »One-on-one with Marcus Joseph
Humble, down to earth and intense, Marcus “Lobo” Joseph is a young man on a mission. Once the conversation turns to football, Wired868 could not even force a smile with a camera. But Joseph’s goals have provoked loads of smiles in his hometown of Point Fortin. The 22-year-old Point Fortin …
Read More »Defence Force stuns Civic; Pt Fortin loses 8-game unbeaten streak
Point Fortin Civic’s eight match Pro League unbeaten streak came to an end at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva this evening as the newly promoted team lost 1-0 to defending champion Defence Force. The result saw Civic concede ground at the top of the table as the team from deep …
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