Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team players have accused Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad of betrayal, as roughly 40 percent of the local-based players skipped practice today. The training sessions are usually attended by roughly 28 players, but only 16 showed up today. And, according to a source, …
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Barney’s bible: The SSFL’s backward rule change; and what Yorke and Jordan did that our youths abandoned
So far I have only touched on youth development from a ball manipulation and decision-making viewpoint. However, playing in competitive games non-stop can also hinder the physical development and health of players. Again, the local adage that ‘the more you play, the better you get’ is misleading on this count. …
Read More »Daly Bread: A bouquet of humanity; the power of community spirit
A discerning reader, well experienced in the issue of diversity, responded with appreciation to last week’s column dealing with police profiling of a certain socio-economic class. The message asserted that we should say Akiel Chambers’ name when we say the names of Duante Wright and other fatally-profiled victims currently in …
Read More »Noble: The riddle of Khan, Young, and Hernandez; and what it says about our desired leaders
‘Dislike of an individual is material in politics. Someone with an unlikeable persona may be unelectable in a diverse national contest… by contrast, good governance requires honest treatment of the business issues…’ (Martin Daly, November 2020). This Daly quote is relevant when considering the recent cabinet reshuffle in the light …
Read More »‘We’ve taken this matter very seriously!’ Guyana asks Fifa to sanction T&T for using Boucaud
Guyana Football Federation (GFF) president Wayne Forde has formally asked Fifa to sanction the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team for using a then match agent, Andre Boucaud, as a player. Boucaud, 36, retired as a player in 2020 and was registered as an agent with the England FA. …
Read More »Flashback: Waiting to exhale; when Jason Scotland began bid for British football glory
The following article, written by Lasana Liburd, was first published in the Trinidad Express on Thursday 4 December 2003—just four months after Jason Scotland’s arrival at Scotland Premier League (SPL) club, Dundee United, from Defence Force FC: “Coaches [of the national team] used to watch me and turn their face,” …
Read More »MoH reveals three more P1 positives including one non-national, cases not linked to each other
Trinidad and Tobago has three more cases of P1, the Brazilian variant of Covid-19. The Ministry of Health confirmed today that the new cases were detected last night at the University of West Indies, during ‘genetic sequencing on Covid-19 positive samples’. The variants were detected in cases from the Caroni, Victoria …
Read More »Health ministry records 167 new positives, 1,356 cases of Covid this month
The Ministry of Health reported 167 new cases of Covid-19 today, taking the total number of infected persons since the onset of the pandemic up to 9,383. There have been 1,356 positive cases so far in April from 13,588 unique tests with 15 deaths, which makes it Trinidad and Tobago’s …
Read More »Hadad BOLS Soca Warriors, ‘Ice Cream’ man adds another scoop of indignity
The clothing company is eight-months-old, its only existing client is Montserrat, it said it is on the lookout for ‘men’s, women’s, and youth teams that aren’t typically showcased on the international stage’… Stop me when you’re BOL-ed over! Nothing? Well, Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad apparently got that sales …
Read More »Noble: Simple, understandable messages needed! The MoH has gone off-key
Living in the pandemic required us all to rearrange our daily lives in both patient and clever ways. But it has been a long, tiring year. As we look into the future, there is a growing realisation that Covid-19 will forever shadow us. Consequently, we must decide how much of …
Read More »Warriors join Montserrat on BOL’s roster, company targets teams ‘not typically showcased’
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), which is under the control of the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee, confirmed a two year deal with unknown Miami-based sportswear company BOL today. Both parties would hope their relationship gets off to a better start the second time around. Wired868 was told by a …
Read More »Demming: Stag can and should do better in its ‘move-men-to-respect’ campaign
How does one step back from the bold misogynistic claim of being ‘The Man’s Beer’? Do you flip the script and position yourself as being anti-violence against women? Do you attempt to engage womenfolk and position yourself as our protector by communicating repeated images of male power and strength smashing glasses …
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