Barrackpore United moved six points clear of the relegation zone last night with a 3-1 triumph over Saddle Hill Hotspur in CNG National Super League (NSL) Championship Division action at Barrackpore. But don’t let the scoreline fool you. The hosts rode their luck last night as Saddle Hill, buoyed by …

A predatory first half double by St Anthony’s College substitute Haile Beckles was all it took to decide the first 2015 Coca Cola National Intercol semifinal at the Hasely Crawford Stadium today. Beckles, who came on for injured left-back Jediael Harewood in the 26th minute, took just nine minutes to …

East Zone Intercol champions St Augustine Secondary will have to win for the second time in three days come Wednesday afternoon if they want to have a shy at Coca Cola National Intercol glory. The “Green Machine” squeezed themselves into the semis after defeating Tobago Zone champions, Speyside High, by …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s Senior National Team would have been encouraged today as the grouping for CONCACAF’s final qualifying round for the 2016 Olympic Games gave them a fair shot at a semifinal place. The “Women Soca Warriors” face Guatemala in their opening Group B fixture at the BBVA …

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 …