DIRECTV W Connection improved on its opening 3-1 CONCACAF Champions League loss away to Arabe Unido but it was still not enough for its first win of the 2013 campaign. At the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain last night, the “Savonetta Boys” left with mixed feelings after being held …
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Roberts scores another own goal as T&T withdraws from Pan Am Juniors
Sport Minister Anil Roberts went on the counter-attack yesterday regarding the Government’s support of local football after criticism about the late funding offered to the Trinidad and Tobago national under-15 team, which was forced to withdraw from an ongoing CONCACAF tournament in the Cayman Islands. But Roberts’ indignation was arguably …
Read More »Connection hosts Houston Dynamo in key CONCACAF clash
Trinidad and Tobago Pro League club DIRECTV W Connection will be fighting for its CONCACAF Champions League survival from 8 pm tomorrow on Tuesday August 20 when the “Savonetta Boys” host United States Major League Soccer (MLS) team Houston Dynamo at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Anything …
Read More »Spotlight on W Connection starlet Joevin Jones
Joevin Jones was one of Trinidad and Tobago’s stand outs at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup and he will captain DIRECTV W Connection tomorrow on Tuesday August 20 when the “Savonetta Boys” face United States Major League Soccer (MLS) team Houston Dynamo from 8 pm in Champions League action at …
Read More »Hockey triumph is inadequate cover for Sport dopes
The Trinidad and Tobago national men’s hockey team returned home this morning with bronze medals draped around their necks. No big deal really. It was only the first Pan American medal for a men’s national hockey team in 46 years. Sport Minister Anil Roberts, Permanent Secretary Ashwin Creed and the rest …
Read More »Behind the iron throne: The Cabal descends into chaos
The Lady Prime Minister summons her closest advisors, called the “Cabal”, to discuss control of the iron throne and a threat in Middle Trinidad from Lord Jack, who has risen from sure death like a phoenix; nay, a cockroach. Lord Anand, the Master of Coin, tries to assist her with a mathematical conundrum. …
Read More »Free encore for DIRECTV’s SportsMax customers
DIRECTV’s SportsMax subscribers will enjoy a free encore for the next month and a half thanks to the addition of SportsMax2 channel 634, which can be viewed for free until 30 September 2013. The football-friendly SportsMax2 includes live and delayed British Premier League matches, UEFA Champions League, international friendlies, Major …
Read More »Late Sport Ministry payment KOs T&T U-15 footballers
Twenty-one year old Trinidad and Tobago track star Jehue Gordon lifted the mood of sport enthusiasts today with a golden run in the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia. The Trinidad and Tobago national under-15 football players might not have felt like celebrating, though. The young “Soca Warriors” today …
Read More »Heart-to-Hart: T&T coach discusses Gold Cup and immediate goals
In many fields of endeavour, a move from Canada to Trinidad and Tobago would be considered a demotion. But the business of football or soccer, as the North American nation refers to the sport, is not one of them. New Trinidad and Tobago national senior team head coach Stephen Hart …
Read More »Heart-to-Hart: To Halifax and back, the making of a Warrior coach
Trinidad and Tobago national senior team football coach Stephen Hart responded to persons who doubted his local credentials, after more than three decades living in Canada, with a question of his own. “If a cat climbed in an oven and made kittens,” Hart asked, “would you call it bread?” DIRECTV …
Read More »Benjamin scores but Connection whipped in Panama
Eighteen year old attacker Neil Benjamin came off the substitutes’ bench to give DIRECTV W Connection something to cheer about with a late well taken goal at the Rommel Fernandez Stadium in Panama City last night. But it was largely a miserable outing for the Trinidad and Tobago Pro League team …
Read More »Jack amazed by State corruption; out-of-body experience suspected
Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner says he has evidence of corruption in the multi-billion dollar Point Fortin Highway construction. And a corrupt MP might be involved. Warner refused to divulge more details and told the Trinidad Express that he will say more “in the fullness of time.” “As the time …
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