The defending Pro League champion football team, Defence Force, is back in business. Defence Force assistant coach Marvin Gordon told Wired868 that the team got the good news this morning from its superiors and the players cannot wait to resume training tomorrow. “(Head coach) Ross (Russell) called me and said …
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World Cup memory lane with Nakhid, Hart and Leonson
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 …
Read More »W/Cup Watch: Will Brazil’s most lethal player star for Spain at the World Cup?
Got World Cup fever? Let Wired868 take care of those symptoms over the coming months as football fans get ready for the greatest single event sporting competition on the planet: the FIFA World Cup. Every week, our World Cup Watch will feature the best articles from across the worldwide web …
Read More »Can Brazil deliver the World Cup stadia, much less the crown?
You know things are likely to be dicey when one of the host nation’s most famous players, Romario, tells FIFA to stick the World Cup where the sun doesn’t shine. And protesters are just one of a multitude of problems that the Brazil 2014 World Cup faces. Wired868 will keep …
Read More »Horrible bosses: Griffith plays himself while Defence Force teams still in limbo
There is nothing more inspiring for employees who, while straining under the weight of extraordinary duties that go beyond their normal terms of employment, see their boss doing exactly the opposite. And so National Security Minister Gary Griffith, a former army captain, must have provoked standing ovations from his former …
Read More »Red 3: Ref Brizan stars in rowdy affair as Stars/Central clash erupts
Referee Neal Brizan made it out of the Hasely Crawford Stadium in one piece last night; but only just. And, if Brizan escaped physical harm, his earbells were surely ringing after his late call helped Central FC salvage a 1-1 draw from the penalty spot against North East Stars in …
Read More »Stop playing with those soldiers, Griffith!
It has been four weeks since the Defence Force football team along with all other sport and cultural teams within the local regiment have suspended all “involvement in national, regional and community type/level sporting activities.” No one has ever explained how the likes of Curtis “Boyo” Gonzales, Kevon Carter and …
Read More »Alert judge’s odd fine to abusive ex-husband
Thirty-one-year-old Imamshah Ali’s fine for hitting his former common-law wife with a teacup in her chin, slapping her across her face (both causing injuries) and forcibly shaving her head: $300 by San Fernando Magistrate Margaret Alert Ali’s fine for throwing a bottle meant for his former common-law wife that hit …
Read More »Arima primary school prepares to fail students
Arima Girls RC dismissed school at 1 pm this afternoon. School principal Elisa Russell-Caldon explained, in a note to parents, that the disruption in their children’s education was “to facilitate curriculum planning.” So, the staff at Arima Girls RC is apparently deciding what to do with its pupils one month …
Read More »Trendsetter Hawks beats St Clair Coaching School to National U-11 title
Port of Spain-based football club, Trendsetter Hawks, is now Trinidad and Tobago’s top under-11 team after the Hawks beat St Clair Coaching School 2-0 on Saturday evening in the Chubby 10 & Under National Football Championship. Josiah Wilson and Jahiem Marshall scored the goals for the Hawks, which was led …
Read More »Tim Kee’s unmasking: TTFA president says plenty in Warriors attack
He is out of the closet now. Fifteen months into his reign as Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president, Raymond Tim Kee, a salesman by trade, finally stepped out from behind the cover of clichés and friendly platitudes to give an insight into his true nature. TV6 presenter Joel …
Read More »Connection loses at last; Point Fortin edges rival at Mahaica
DIRECTV W Connection’s glorious unbeaten Pro League run came to an end at Mahaica Oval, Point Fortin this afternoon as the “Savonetta Boys” were edged 2-1 by Point Fortin Civic. It is the first league defeat suffered by Connection since falling 1-0 to North East Stars on 3 April 2013. …
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