The following story—written by Wired868 managing director Lasana Liburd—was first published by the Trinidad Express on 2 December 2008 and chronicles the ambitions and racial barriers faced by Trinidad and Tobago players, Jan-Michael Williams, Matthew Bartholomew and Aaron Downing, as they tried to break into the European professional leagues: “Williams, …

Many games are played most intensely by disturbed people. Generally speaking, the more disturbed they are, the harder they play. That’s not coming from me. It comes from Dr Eric Berne, in a late chapter of Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships, which he titles “The Players.” Here’s some …

St Ann’s Rangers continued their impressive early season form tonight as they down Police FC 2-0 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva to move, temporarily, to second place in the 2016/17 Pro League standings. Rangers lost their first game of the season last Tuesday, as coach Anthony Streete’s 10-man …

The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team continue their South Korea 2017 Under-20 World Cup campaign on Saturday 22 October when they face Cuba from 8:15pm in Caribbean Football Union (CFU) battle at the Ergilio Hato stadium in Willemstad, Curaçao. But, once more, local football fans will hope that the …

“Allyuh this is not Siparia eh!” a spectator warned the Wired868 cameraman at Lachoos Road, Penal. “This is Penal: the heart of football!” The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) fixture list at the start of the season suggested that Shiva Boys Hindu College would play their home games at Irwin …

More from Wired868 Back in the bamboo: Eve’s resignation is latest sign of disharmony in T&T women’s programme The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team programme looks set to re-enter farce mode, after a proffered resignation from Read more SSFL 25: “Naps” stay perfect, with 4-1 dismantling of Fatima …

Well that was fun. Not for Police FC coach Richard Hood though. By the final 10 minutes of last night’s Pro League double header at the Ato Boldon Stadium, it was hard to distinguish Hood from any other animated spectator at the Couva venue as the see-saw competition between Police …

Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team star Kevin Molino has apologised for his “recent decisions” and, indirectly, threw himself at the mercy of head coach Stephen Hart in a dramatic about-turn following his latest indiscretion on international duty, two weeks ago. Last Wednesday, Molino vowed to take a year off …

“In T&T, our social protection policies are open to manipulation and are informally enforced as most of them are not enshrined in law. Fuel subsidies also do provide important relief for lower income brackets to achieve social mobility by accessing education and transportation, or pay lower prices for food items …

The Morvant Recreation Ground opened its doors to the Trinidad and Tobago Pro League yesterday evening with pomp, noise and fervour. But, as it turned out, it wasn’t the visitors who could have done with extra security in the so-called “hot spot”. Yesterday, the baddest gun slinger in Morvant was …

I was unable to attend the funeral of my colleague Allan Alexander SC, whom I held in the highest regard, owing to my commitment on that day to attend a meeting of a regional organisation—one on which he had also served. However, I was privileged to attend the gathering at …

Sports and Games FC Santa Rosa continued their march towards the National Super League (NSL) Premiership Division title with a narrow 1-0 win over Club Sando Moruga at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya yesterday. The “Big Cannons”, who have only lost two of their 18 league games so far this …