National Football

Akeem Adams, a former Trinidad and Tobago and Ferencvaros football player, passed away at roughly 12.45 pm (TT time) today at the Varosmajori Heart Clinic in Budapest after failing to recover from a massive heart attack in late September. Adams had received a mechanical heart in the first of at …

There were mixed blessings for Trinidad and Tobago’s national coaching community over the Christmas season as the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) raised enough money to cover roughly half of its arrears for the senior coaches but none for staff from the youth and women’s teams. The Ministry of …

Twenty-two year old former two-time World Youth Cup defender Akeem Adams slipped into a coma last night after suffering a massive stroke and is believed to now be outside the reach of medical science. The Ferencvaros player, who had been waiting for a heart transplant for the past three months, …

Trinidad and Tobago’s top football talent under the age of 23 were denied the chance to showcase their talents before United States Major League Soccer (MLS) scouts due to an administrative bungle by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). Twenty-four young men from 16 different Caribbean nations will meet …

Trinidad and Tobago defender Akeem Adams’ relationship with his club, Ferencvaros, and the Hungarian press is in the balance after the 22-year-old defender was unwittingly dragged into an explosive feud between the top flight Hungarian team and its former 49-year-old Dutch manager Ricardo Moniz. On Saturday evening after a 2-1 …

Trinidad and Tobago national football team captain Kenwyne Jones and goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams were shortlisted for major CONCACAF honours yesterday when their names appeared on the ballot for the Confederation’s inaugural awards. Jones, who plays for England Premier League team Stoke City, is on a 10-man list for the CONCACAF …

Former two-time Trinidad and Tobago World Youth Cup defender Akeem Adams is praying for the opportunity to celebrate Christmas in his Budapest apartment with his mother, Ancilla Dick, and brother, Akini, and, of course, a new heart and prosthetic leg. The 22-year-old Adams, who is still hospitalised with an artificial, …

The Trinidad and Tobago national football team made a case for the resumption of corporal punishment last night as two second half strokes from Ataullah Guerra and Kenwyne Jones tamed the rambunctious Jamaican “Reggae Boyz” as the “Soca Warriors” cruised to a comfortable 2-0 friendly international win at the Hasely …

What would you gamble for love? What would you risk for your dream? As Chris Birchall put on red, white and black gear and faced the Trinidad and Tobago football public  for the last time as an international footballer, his mind have might run on what it took to get …

On the last occasion that the “Soca Warriors” returned from Jamaica undefeated, after a 2-2 draw in March 2008, then Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) special advisor Jack Warner held a press conference to honour the achievement under then coach Francisco Maturana. Maybe present Warrior coach Stephen Hart might …

Port Vale midfielder Chris Birchall might not be the only Trinidad and Tobago midfield star who waves goodbye to his international future in the upcoming home and away friendly series against Jamaica. “Soca Warriors” head coach Stephen Hart had hoped to use the international get-togethers to have a long chat …

Trinidad and Tobago 2006 World Cup players Chris Birchall and Carlos Edwards will become the first “Soca Warriors” to have a farewell match match in their honour for seven years as the pair were included in coach Stephen Hart’s team to face Jamaica from 8 pm on November 19 at …