Former Defence Force coach and two-time Pro League champion, Ross Russell, lasted just under five months as head coach at Central FC. Wired868 understands Russell, a former Trinidad and Tobago stand-out goalkeeper and national youth team coach, was fired within an hour of last night’s 1-0 Pro League defeat to …
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TTFA names committee to defuse Warriors’ strike threat; but no payment date
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has mandated a three-member committee to resolve a threat from the “Soca Warriors” to boycott their Copa America play off match against Haiti on 8 January 2016. However, crucially, there is still no date set to pay the Trinidad and Tobago National Senior …
Read More »Troublemakers or trailblazers: Do athletes deserve to voice an opinion on sport?
Ask a PTSC bus driver whether: more maintenance work is needed on buses, which routes are unprofitable, are the roads good, or are his working hours bad? Nine out of ten times, he or she would have an opinion worth sharing. And we would be glad to hear it. But …
Read More »Defence Force stun Connection; Gay hattrick as Jabloteh rout Sando
Former 2009 Under-20 World Cup forward Jamal Gay grabbed the second hattrick of the season last night, as Play Whe San Juan Jabloteh routed Pro League table proppers, Club Sando, 6-0 at the Ato Boldon Stadium. San Juan North Secondary schoolboy Brent Sam also got a goal on his return …
Read More »Blackout hits final Championship fixtures; title and relegation undecided
A power outage in Woodbrook and surrounding areas this evening added some late intrigue to the CNG National Super League (NSL) with two vital fixtures postponed. At the Hasely Crawford Stadium, first placed Prisons FC and second placed QPCC were scheduled to play for the title from 7 pm. Prisons …
Read More »The Crying Game: Live Wire finds REAL victims of Aria’s discriminatory policy
On Friday December 18, the Aria Lounge on Ariapita Avenue should have more cross-dressers than, well, Curepe, after ‘Womantra’ asked women to wear their most unfemale clothes to disguise their femininity while men were advised to wear dresses. Before you get too excited, Mr Live Wire would like to point …
Read More »“Judgment” delivered as Guaya down Police FC to stay top of Premiership
Guaya United maintained their two-point lead atop of the CNG National Super League (NSL) Premiership Division yesterday with a 3-1 triumph over Police FC at the St James Barracks. The league leaders sailed into a comfortable 2-nil first half lead after dominating and creating a host of chances, before being …
Read More »The king of Queens: One on one with QPCC star Jason Devenish
Twenty eight year old Jason Devenish has some laden trophy shelves from his days as a youth footballer. Devenish, a former Trinidad and Tobago National Under-17 Team player, won the North Zone crown with Queen’s Royal College in 2004, the Pro League Youth Cup with San Juan Jabloteh in 2005 and was …
Read More »Women Warriors fall 4-0 to Canada in Olympic dress rehearsal
The Trinidad and Tobago and Canada women’s senior national teams will be competing for a spot at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games when next they meet on 14 February 2016. After today’s dress rehearsal, “Team Canada” might not be particularly worried, as they romped to a 4-0 win over the …
Read More »Take no prisoners: One on one with Prisons FC star Ricardo Alleyne
T&T Prison Service FC is just one game away from the CNG National Super League (NSL) Championship Division title and automatic promotion to the Premiership Division. Free-scoring winger Ricardo Alleyne, 29, is a vital part to Prisons’ success and, from 7 pm on Tuesday December 15, his performance against Queen’s Park …
Read More »Injustice to a soldier: Shah’s tribute to Brigadier that PP Gov’t overlooked
Last Wednesday, amidst much ceremony but little pomp, Major-General Kenrick Maharaj took his last parade as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and proceeded into retirement, one month short of his 56th birthday. Brigadier Rodney Smart was named as the new CDS. Presumably, some other adjustments were made, or will soon be …
Read More »Rambarran v PNM Gov’t exposes lie of Central Bank’s ‘independence’
Just when we most need our leaders to stand together and assume their joint responsibility for guiding T&T through the rough waters of an economic downturn, we get instead a fireworks display of cheap shots. Hostile relations between a Dr Keith Rowley-led Government and the Governor of the Central Bank …
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