Twenty-two year old Shahdon Winchester lit up a drab top of the table clash at the Hasely Crawford Stadium last night as Digicel Pro League leader, DIRECTV W Connection, stormed a whopping 15 points clear of the pack with a 2-0 win over second place North East Stars. Winchester, who …
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Express exposes Latin lady assassins; but why are their code numbers all 201?
Every employee, no matter how valuable, has a sell-by date. For a surgeon, fading eyesight might mean it is time to plan your retirement party. An athlete might feel diminished appetite for training and an increased one for everything else. And how does a senior multimedia investigative journalist know when …
Read More »While you were sleeping: Integrity Commission kicks into gear; but it’s reverse
The Integrity Commission yesterday acted on Section 33 (a) of the Integrity in Public Life Act, which allows the Commission to act on its own initiative, to request that President Anthony Carmona appoints a tribunal to “enquire further into declarations submitted by Mr Warner” with specific reference to his ownership …
Read More »W/Cup players threaten return to court; TTFA pact on knife’s edge
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is trying desperately to preserve its out-of-court settlement with the 2006 World Cup players after failing to fulfil the terms of its pact with the “Soca Warriors.” On Monday 20 May 2013, the TTFA officially buried the hatchet with the Warriors in what …
Read More »AG gets tough on suspected criminals; Ish probably approves
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan SC set a new Senate record for jibberish yesterday as he broke down his proposed Bail Amendment Bill for the benefit of the Opposition, Independent Senators and, presumably, ordinary folks who are trying to keep up: “Currently the law is that you have two strikes and …
Read More »Stoke versus Kenwyne: An ex-PFA employee reviews an HR headache
It has been interesting to watch recent debates sparked by Trinidad and Tobago forward Kenwyne Jones’ rather public dispute with his employer, Stoke City. Jones was fined two weeks’ wages by Stoke manager Mark Hughes for informing him, by text, that he would not attend his club’s recent fixture against …
Read More »Another Marcus trick as P/Fortin thumps Rangers
Former Trinidad and Tobago World Youth Cup player Marcus Joseph scored his second hattrick in just four days for Point Fortin Civic yesterday as the southern based team whipped St Ann’s Rangers 3-0 at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya to rocket up the standings. The 22-year-old Joseph, who won …
Read More »Seattle drafts Connection’s Rijssel; déjà vu for young Warriors
Twenty one year old Suriname and DIRECTV W Connection winger Stefano Rijssel was selected in the third round of the United States Major League Soccer (MLS) SuperDraft yesterday and will spend the next weeks in pre-season training with the Seattle Sounders. Rijssel caught the attention of the scouts at the …
Read More »Mango XI strikes back in Wired868 Football Festival II
Can’t we all just get along? Wired868 kicked off its second annual Football Festival yesterday at the UWI Admin ground and there were an array of former football stars on show. There were some future stars. And equality among the sexes. But mostly goals… And the final score was a …
Read More »Foul! T&T U-20 women face W/Cup heartbreak against Costa Rica
The only sound in the Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 women team’s dressing room last night was the sound of sobbing. Instead of toasts, there were tears. The “Soca Princesses”, who already set a new high for the women’s program by qualifying for the CONCACAF semi-final round, came within five …
Read More »Caesar’s revenge: Eve’s Stars continue Caledonia mastery
If it continues like this, there is the distinct possibility that Angus Eve would lead his North East Stars team into Caledonia one day and declare the district as an outpost of Sangre Grande. Another Pro League meeting between Stars and Caledonia AIA, meant another triumph for the boys from …
Read More »ESPN retells the tragic tale of Akeem Adams
Akeem Adams was 22 years old when his body finally gave up its fight on 30 December 2013, at the Varosmajori Heart Clinic in Budapest, Hungary. Adams had spent three months fighting for his life with a mechanical heart and an amputated leg, the amiable, dreadlocked young Ferencvaros defender from …
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