The following are the manifestos from Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) presidential nominees, David John-Williams and Ramesh Ramdhan, which details their plans for revitalising the local game, as well as televised interviews with John-Williams, Clynt Taylor, Raymond Tim Kee and Selby Browne: Click HERE to read David John-Williams’ Imperatives for …

The following are this week’s fixtures for the various Trinidad and Tobago football competitions covered by Wired868: Monday November 23 (Tobago Girls Intercol final) Scarborough v Mason Hall, 2 pm, Mt Pleasant Ground; (National Intercol quarterfinal) Speyside High v St Augustine, 3.30 pm, Mt Pleasant Ground; Tuesday November 24 (National …

St Augustine Secondary star midfielder Jesse Joseph is making up for lost time, after a broken ankle last year ruled him out of the 2014 Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Premier Division and the 2014 Under-17 Caribbean Championship in Haiti. This season, the talented 16-year-old Form Five student is St …

The usual suspects, Bankers Insurance Central FC and DIRECTV W Connection, have booked their places in next Sunday’s 2015 Toyota Classic semifinal round at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Only one of the two Couva-based teams will appear in the Classic final, though, as the rivals will …

Within minutes of its appointment, a shot was fired across the bow of the new Health Care Delivery Review Committee reminding us, lest we had forgotten, of the trials of bringing change to the public health sector. In condemning Committee chairman Dr Winston Welch, former Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan …

The battle for leadership of the UNC has ignited a discussion on leadership in a broader context, with the party’s founder, Basdeo Panday, weighing in on the issue. According to my columnist colleague Sheila Rampersad, Panday told her that Indians tend to seek a “pahalwan”—Hindi for warrior or strongman—to lead …

Wired868 revisits Trinidad and Tobago’s goalless 2018 World Cup qualifying draw with the United States through the lenses of Allan V Crane, Chevaughn Christopher and Allan Powder at the Hasely Crawford Stadium: “Soca Warriors” posse?! Check! Netflix and chill?! Boy, I’m getting ready to watch the “Warriors!” Lift off! Or something… …

Wired868 columnist Earl Best and journalist Roneil Walcott evoke the ghosts of November past in five tableaux: (Tableau One) “Dem eh really understand, yuh know,” he said to me, his voice thick with emotion, “deh eh understand hommuch dat hurt.” I expected him to wipe away a tear but he …

One sometimes comes across facts containing intense ‘human interest’ stories in law reports. The United Kingdom Supreme Court recently decided a case concerning publication of a biography. The book is called “Instrumental.” James Rhodes, the concert pianist, author and television filmmaker, is the author. He describes in graphic detail the …

There will be no CNG National Super League (NSL) teams in the 2015 Toyota Classic semifinal round. Defence Force and Play Whe San Juan Jabloteh saw to that yesterday evening with wins over FC Santa Rosa and Guaya United respectively in quarterfinal action at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port …

Two-time reigning Premier Division champions Naparima College continued their quest for an impressive national double in the 2015 SSFL season as they pipped old foes Presentation College (San Fernando) 3-2 to lift the South Zone Intercol title yesterday at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. The “Pres Lions”, who had …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team are Caribbean champions again, as the “Women Soca Warriors” defeated Puerto Rico 1-0 tonight in the final game of the regional 2016 Olympic qualifying round at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. United States-based utility player Karyn “Bibi” Forbes decided the affair …