Trinidad and Tobago’s FIFA 2016 Women’s Under-20 World Cup campaign ended in humiliation today as the teenaged “Women Soca Warriors” were routed 6-1 by Jamaica in their final CONCACAF group match. Tsaianne Leander scored Trinidad and Tobago’s first goal of the group stage, in their third and final fixture, but …

New Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams should announce an interim general secretary before the end of this week, as the local football body has found itself handicapped by a debatable, existing arrangement between ex-president Raymond Tim Kee and his estranged former general secretary, Sheldon Phillips. Phillips, …

The following are this week’s fixtures for the various Trinidad and Tobago football competitions covered by Wired868: Tuesday December 8 (CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship) Trinidad and Tobago v Jamaica, 10 am, Escuela Internacional Sampedrana; (TT Pro League) Club Sando v Morvant Caledonia United, 3.30 pm, Mannie Ramjohn Stadium; (CNG NSL …

DirecTV W Connection attacker Jomal Williams continued his dazzling form yesterday, as he helped the “Savonetta Boys” cruise to their second cup triumph of the 2015/16 season with a 4-0 whipping of the 10-man Defence Force team in the Toyota Classic final at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. …

This recession did not creep up on us like the proverbial thief in the night. It was long in the making. In fact, from as far back as the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, when Clico collapsed and the price of oil plunged from a brief high of US$140 a …

Trinidad and Tobago’s FIFA 2016 Women’s Under-20 World Cup dreams ended on a soggy surface in San Pedro Sula this evening, as captain Renee Mike and her teammates fell 2-0 to hosts, Honduras, in their second group outing at the Olimpico Metropolitano venue. The result means the teenaged “Women Soca …

By this morning the 2015 UNC leadership contest should be history. As it was proceeding, the usual bland salutation “may the best person win” did not seem appropriate. “May the best rigger win” came jokingly to mind. High profile figures in this internal election and others associated with their party …

You can call her “Queen KPB.” Well, she has been called worse. Former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar re-established herself as the number one in the number two party yesterday, as her “Team UNC” whipped Dr Roodal Moonilal’s “Team Loyalists” and Vasant Bharath’s “Team Reconnect” in the UNC’s internal election. It …

We laughed a lot that last night. Mostly about the absurdity that Trinidad can be. On that cool night, with the air floating in and out of the open door of the Lloyd Best Institute, Raf Robertson was choosing to laugh instead of cry, to grin instead of grumble, his …

Today’s opening fixture of the “USA Victory Tour”, which pitted the host national and World Cup champions against the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team, has been cancelled after the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) deemed the artificial playing surface at the Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii was deemed unfit …

Queen’s Park Cricket Club (QPCC) were gifted three points yesterday to help their promotion chase to the CNG National Super League (NSL) Premiership Division, as their opponents Xtra Foods Chaguanas FC failed to show up for the Match Day 16 clash at the Dibe Recreation Ground, Long Circular. Coach Shawn …

Predictably, the United States Department of Justice’s latest X-rated exposé of FIFA—picture football administrators and television executives sneaking into deserted boardrooms to aggressively screw football fans and players—was effusive in its awe of the world governing body’s answer to John Holmes, former FIFA VP, CONCACAF president and Trinidad and Tobago …