Mr Live Wire had a bad dream last night. He dreamt: that the Prime Minister just started the sixth year of a five-year term in office, the country’s Attorney General is so uninspiring that the People’s Partnership once replaced him as minister with Jamal “I am stupid” Mohammed… That ILP …
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Omertà (part fourteen): Blatter’s Fingers Crossed Behind His back
Says he wants to publish damning report… June 24, 2010: THE TIMING was brilliant. I don’t believe the prosecutors in Zug conspired with FIFA to release their statement as the first round of the World Cup in South Africa was ending and the eyes of fans were on teams advancing …
Read More »WPL’s international players are here; but clubs not finalised
International women football players began pouring into Trinidad this weekend in anticipation of the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL), which is the brainchild of Sport Minister Brent Sancho. The overseas players, who come from North, South and Central America, the Caribbean and Europe, will all be based at the Chancellor …
Read More »Cleaning up FIFA: Five steps to a better football body
Columnist Kendall Tull, a certified management account and industrial management practitioner, explains how he would go about cleaning up FIFA: Sepp Blatter was not the problem at FIFA. It is easy to think that Blatter’s departure changes anything since he presided through an era of rampant corruption. But the FIFA …
Read More »Curaçao stun Warriors; T&T fall to late goal from Dutch islanders
Trinidad and Tobago suffered its first defeat to Curaçao in 68 years yesterday as the “Soca Warriors”, who were staffed primarily with Pro League players, lost 1-0 to the Dutch islanders at Sentro Deportivo Korsou in Willemstad, Curaçao. It was Trinidad and Tobago’s first loss to Curaçao since a 3-0 …
Read More »Warriors face Kluivert’s resurgent Curaçao team today
The “Soca Warriors” will aim to kickstart life without injured playmaker Kevin Molino this evening away to Curaçao from 8 pm at the Sentro Deportivo Korsou. Curaçao, like many Caribbean teams of late, have selected a squad packed with overseas-based players and a whopping 20 members of their team ply …
Read More »You don’t know Jack; Wired868 explores Warner’s farewell tour
“Mahatma Gandhi said: all through history, there have been tyrants,” said Chaguanas West MP and ex-FIFA vice president Jack Warner. “But in the end, they fall.” Irony is lost on Warner, the former history teacher who became a millionaire football official but is now fighting extradition to the United States. …
Read More »Fixin’ T&T: Act on Blazer testimony; investigate PP for money laundering
The testimony of Mr Chuck Blazer that he and other FIFA executives conspired to and received bribes for several years to ‘fix’ aspects of world football, along with revelations of cheques paid to Ross Advertising by Mr Jack Warner in the run up to the elections of 2010 dictates that …
Read More »Chanderpaul’s axing: Has the WICB tamed a ‘toothless’ Tiger?
They call him Shiv, they call him Chanders, they call him ‘Tiger,’ they call him just plain old Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Whichever name you use for him, you will not see it on the 14-man list of players named by the West Indies selectors for the two-Test series against World Champions …
Read More »Transcript: The United States of America versus Daryan Warner
The following lengthy excerpts are taken from the United States of America versus Daryan Warner, which was heard by the Honourable William Kuntz of the United States District Court in the Eastern District of New York on 18 October 2013: SWEARING-IN THE DEFENDANT, DARYAN WARNER THE CLERK: We are here for …
Read More »Bye bye Blatter: FIFA president quits after explosive Warner “bribe” letter
FIFA president Sepp Blatter quit his post at the helm of the governing football body this afternoon in a press conference that surprised the world. Barely a dozen journalists turned up in Zurich today for a hastily arranged press conference called by Blatter, who was re-elected as FIFA president last …
Read More »Enter LA Galaxy: Tough CONCACAF draws for Central, Connection
Trinidad and Tobago Pro League champions, Central FC, face a nightmarish draw for their CONCACAF Champions League debut this year and, arguably, DIRECTV W Connection have it even worse. Central were today drawn with United States’ 2014 MLS Cup champions LA Galaxy, who are led by ex-Tottenham and Inter Milan …
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