Scene: Jack Warner is busy making phone calls at his Arouca home while his longstanding sidekick, Johnson, looks on anxiously. Jack Warner (speaking into mobile phone): Hello Gypsy. It’s Jack! How are… What? Your office phone ringing? But Gypsy, you sound like you in a party or something… Gypsy? Gypsy? (Warner …
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Remembering Kevon Carter: In our words
The 30-year-old Kevon Carter got his wings long before his untimely passing yesterday afternoon. The barrel-chested Trinidad and Tobago and Defence Force flanker never ran; he flew. With an economy of leg movement, Carter propelled himself to scary speeds. And, although a quiet and assuming figure off the ball, he …
Read More »Soca Warriors and D/Force winger Kevon Carter dies of heart attack
Trinidad and Tobago national football team player and Defence Force Football Club vice-captain Kevon Carter died this morning of a suspected heart attack at the Seventh Day Adventist Community Hospital in Cocorite. Carter, who has two daughters aged 10 and three, turned 30 on 11 November 2013. Defence Force coach …
Read More »Lucky Stars: Ten-man Defence Force held by North East
A fortuitous equaliser, a harsh red card and the upright all went in favour of North East Stars last night as the Sangre Grande-based team held Defence Force 1-1 at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya in the last Pro League outing before Carnival. The point did little for either team. …
Read More »World Cup memory lane with Skeene, Nakhid and Sherwood
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 take …
Read More »Local vs foreign coach issue explodes in Nigeria as World Cup looms
The foreign versus local row kicks off in Nigeria as local coach Stephen Keshi, only the second person to win the African Cup of Nations as a player and coach, resists efforts to impose an “assistant” on him. One anonymous NFF official explained that Keshi is not technically sound and …
Read More »Carnival copyright and how it changed our mas
It shouldn’t be surprising, given the NCC’s failure to hold a public consultation on the copyright issues that arose in 2013, to find the whole ugly mess bubbling up again. Photographers who went to the NCC to seek accreditation for the 2014 edition of the event found no reductions in …
Read More »Jamaica’s club footballers cry foul over poor salaries
The promise of fame and fortune has fuelled many a youngster’s dream of becoming a professional footballer. The realisation of such dreams is epitomised by the likes of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney, whose skills have made them household names and landed them …
Read More »Plaza stars as Central spanks Rangers; Defence Force whips Jabloteh
Trinidad and Tobago attacker Willis Plaza notched the first hattrick since his January move to Central FC as his outfit thrashed St Ann’s Rangers 6-0 in Couva yesterday to ease further away from its mid-season Pro League slump. Plaza has now scored six goals in the last three games and …
Read More »W Connection and Caledonia shoot blanks in Couva Pro League affair
DIRECTV W Connection dropped two points at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva tonight but there was little else worth reporting as the runaway leaders played Caledonia AIA to an uninspiring goalless draw in Pro League action. Picture two boxers repeatedly clinching and landing less than 40 percent of their …
Read More »MATT “disappointed” with Defamation and Libel Act
The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) is disappointed that the amendments to the Defamation and Libel Act 2013 that excluded the repeal of Section 8 of the Act have been passed in the Senate. Section 8 of the Act, which states, “If any person maliciously publishes any defamatory …
Read More »W/Cup watch: Why Argentina will not take Tevez to Brazil 2014
Lionel Messi might be the best player in the world but Carlos Tevez is still Argentina’s most popular player. Not that this fact seems likely to get Tevez a ticket to the Brazil 2014 World Cup. Plus Brazil coach Luis “Big Phil” Scolari looks set to rest his country’s World …
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