Columnist Earl Best shares a suggestion which, he feels, might bring the T&T men’s 4x400m relay team closer to gold in Rio next year: I run my mouth often and I sometimes jump to conclusions. And although, under a PP government, that might well be deemed qualification enough for a …
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From Harrison and Sancho: Personal payment for Central FC player, please
The following is a letter sent from the email address of then Central FC operations director and current advisor to the Sport Minister, Kevin Harrison, which requests a personal payment for himself and then Central chairman and current Minister of Sport, Brent Sancho, for a player transfer: Editor’s note: Click HERE for …
Read More »NSL: Police FC and Santa Rosa shoot blanks in Premiership action
FC Santa Rosa and Police FC played to an opportunity-laden goalless draw yesterday as action continued in the CNG National Super League Premiership Division at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya. The hundred or so spectators who turned up to watch the contest must have left scratching their heads at the …
Read More »Undernourished democracy; moral decay spreads to Flow and Integrity Commission
I am not a seer man but I do try to pierce the fete and freeness veil drawn to conceal and dumb down the real and pressing issues facing our little country. For that reason, like several of my fellow columnists, I am not impressed with the false images which …
Read More »No treble for Jabloteh as Uprising and SKHY share national youth honors
San Juan Jabloteh started the final day of the 2015 Republic Bank National Youth Cup contending in all three age groups but, in the end, managed to come away with just the one title yesterday at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar. The “San Juan Kings” edged WASA FC 2-1 in …
Read More »Politics With Honour; Sunity explains how to replace the PP with People’s Power
So the Extempo King has fallen victim to the extempo politics of an extempo party—and he’s vex? Really? Winston “Gypsy” Peters should know that he can’t play mas and ‘fraid powder. He has been lucky to enjoy five years on the biggest extempo stage in the land and now that …
Read More »Sancho and Harrison allegedly requested improper payment for Central transfers
Sport Minister Brent Sancho and his advisor Kevin Harrison’s relationship with Central FC has again been called into question, after a leaked document suggested that the pair may have tried to personally benefit from a transfer deal last year. An email, allegedly sent by Harrison in August 2014, appeared to …
Read More »Mr Fete endorses Live Wire; share your own thoughts on Wired868
Wired868 gets a celebrity endorsement. Kinda. Editor’s Note: Wired868 has been a part of the media world since 2012 and has kept you informed and entertained with local and international football news, insightful blogs on everything from cricket to crime and politics and, of course, news satire. Our aim is …
Read More »Public interest in private lives: Reshmi, Kamla, Jack and sex in the media
Less than eight months after Kamla Persad-Bissessar and the People’s Partnership skilfully navigated the crest of a high wave in a sea of yellow and assumed governance of a nation, the name Reshmi Ramnarine entered the national vocabulary. The PP government was elected on May 24, 2010. News of Ramnarine’s …
Read More »Republic Bank National U-11, U-13 and U-15 football crowns at stake in Arima
It is coronation time for Trinidad and Tobago’s top youth clubs. From 10 am on Saturday August 29, the country’s best talent in the Under-11, Under-13 and Under-15 categories will contest the semifinal and final rounds of the 2015 Republic Bank National Youth Cup tournament. San Juan Jabloteh can become …
Read More »Caesar and Marcus selected for Mexico friendly; Kenwyne and Peltier out
New Central FC attacker Marcus Joseph, teenaged North East Stars midfielder Neveal Hackshaw, United States-based forward Trevin Caesar and England-born defender Gavin Hoyte will join the “Soca Warriors” in Salt Lake City, Utah on Sunday August 30, in preparation for their international friendly against Mexico on September 4. All four …
Read More »Central edged by Comunicaciones; on brink of Champions League elimination
Central FC gave an improved showing in Guatemala last night but it was not enough for the Trinidad and Tobago Pro League club’s first point of the CONCACAF Champions League. The “Couva Sharks” succumbed to their second successive defeat, albeit by a single goal to Comunicaciones, while they finished the …
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