Is it June yet? Nothing like seeing your top strikers knocking them in for fun to get excited about the World Cup. Oh yeah, Argentina has it in the bag. All the Argies need now are two full backs, a solid central defensive partnership, a steady goalkeeper, a reliable box-to-box …
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TTFA coos about mystery sponsor; vows to attack debts
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Sheldon Phillips claimed today that the local football body is just days away from the first major corporate sponsorship deal under current president Raymond Tim Kee. Phillips declined to name the mystery corporate partner but said the TTFA is excited about the …
Read More »Kenwyne, Cordner are TTFA’s Players of the Year
Cardiff City forward Kenwyne Jones and Seattle Reign FC Reserve forward Kennya “Ya Ya” Cordner were selected by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) as the Men’s and Women’s Player of the Year respectively. As a result, Jones and Cordner will represent football at the upcoming First Citizens Sports …
Read More »Knife of Apai: Connection holds Central in cracking derby
In the 88th minute of last night’s Digicel Pro League clash at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Central FC led bitter Couva rivals DIRECTV W Connection 2-0. Six minutes later, in the fourth minute of three allotted minutes for extra time, the clubs were locked at two goals each. Football, bloody hell. …
Read More »Defence Force is back: Defending champ rejoins Pro League
The defending Pro League champion football team, Defence Force, is back in business. Defence Force assistant coach Marvin Gordon told Wired868 that the team got the good news this morning from its superiors and the players cannot wait to resume training tomorrow. “(Head coach) Ross (Russell) called me and said …
Read More »World Cup memory lane with Nakhid, Hart and Leonson
What does the FIFA World Cup mean to you? Wired868 asked some of our more illustrious football readers to share their memories of the greatest single sporting event on the planet. And we would like you to do the same. There are three basic questions and, each week, we will …
Read More »W/Cup Watch: Will Brazil’s most lethal player star for Spain at the World Cup?
Got World Cup fever? Let Wired868 take care of those symptoms over the coming months as football fans get ready for the greatest single event sporting competition on the planet: the FIFA World Cup. Every week, our World Cup Watch will feature the best articles from across the worldwide web …
Read More »Can Brazil deliver the World Cup stadia, much less the crown?
You know things are likely to be dicey when one of the host nation’s most famous players, Romario, tells FIFA to stick the World Cup where the sun doesn’t shine. And protesters are just one of a multitude of problems that the Brazil 2014 World Cup faces. Wired868 will keep …
Read More »Horrible bosses: Griffith plays himself while Defence Force teams still in limbo
There is nothing more inspiring for employees who, while straining under the weight of extraordinary duties that go beyond their normal terms of employment, see their boss doing exactly the opposite. And so National Security Minister Gary Griffith, a former army captain, must have provoked standing ovations from his former …
Read More »Red 3: Ref Brizan stars in rowdy affair as Stars/Central clash erupts
Referee Neal Brizan made it out of the Hasely Crawford Stadium in one piece last night; but only just. And, if Brizan escaped physical harm, his earbells were surely ringing after his late call helped Central FC salvage a 1-1 draw from the penalty spot against North East Stars in …
Read More »Stop playing with those soldiers, Griffith!
It has been four weeks since the Defence Force football team along with all other sport and cultural teams within the local regiment have suspended all “involvement in national, regional and community type/level sporting activities.” No one has ever explained how the likes of Curtis “Boyo” Gonzales, Kevon Carter and …
Read More »Alert judge’s odd fine to abusive ex-husband
Thirty-one-year-old Imamshah Ali’s fine for hitting his former common-law wife with a teacup in her chin, slapping her across her face (both causing injuries) and forcibly shaving her head: $300 by San Fernando Magistrate Margaret Alert Ali’s fine for throwing a bottle meant for his former common-law wife that hit …
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