Jack Warner once created a death trap for football fans at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in 1989 by selling 20,000 tickets more than the venue could accommodate. Sixteen years later, he hijacked Trinidad and Tobago’s 2006 World Cup ticket allocation and resold them to local fans through his family company …
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Now Jesse James falls as T&T murders continue
Twenty-year-old Enterprise resident Jesse James was one of two weekend slayings, which took Trinidad and Tobago’s murder tally in 2012 to 358. Elsewhere in Afghanistan, 294 United States soldiers were killed during that same time period. Anyone feel like draping a US flag over his or her shoulder and heading …
Read More »Letter for Dr Kublalsingh: Give us highway cost benefit analysis
21 November 2012 Mr. Emmanuel George, Minister of Works & Infrastructure, Port of Spain Dear Sir, I write to you in response to the Prime Minister’s call for friends and supporters of Dr Kublalsingh to help in the resolution of the impasse relating to the concerns of the Re-route …
Read More »WASA stuns Rangers in Toyota Classic
Former Pro League starlet Kerron Smith returned to the big stage with a bang last night as Super League outfit, WASA FC, stunned Pro League team St Ann’s Rangers 2-1 in Toyota Classic action at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. It was one of three upsets yesterday as …
Read More »Caledonia makes heavy work of Santa Rosa
Caribbean champions Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA made heavy work of Super League outfit, FC Santa Rosa, in Toyota Classic Cup action this evening as the “Eastern Stallions” stumbled to a 3-2 win at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain. Caledonia enjoyed the lion’s share of the possession but …
Read More »Why Corneal does a disservice to local football
As a former national football and cricket player and coach, Alvin Corneal enjoys a well-deserved status as a sporting icon in Trinidad and Tobago. Corneal’s feats were all achieved in the last century. In 2012, however, his statements are part of the sport’s problem. In a Trinidad Guardian article earlier …
Read More »Kublalsingh’s hunger strike gets lean returns
Dr Wayne Kublalsingh continues to gamble his health on the compassion, transparency and sense of justice of the People’s Partnership government and its leader, Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Arguably, it is akin to leaving your Oreos with the Cookie Monster and expecting to come home to chocolate chips. Housing Minister Roodal Moonilal, …
Read More »AG’s curious logic… and section 34
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, as he suggested during the section 34 debacle, is very particular about what responsibilities he attaches to his post. And facts and truthfulness appear not to be part of his job description. After attorney Reginald Armour SC complained that the AG inflated his legal fees from …
Read More »Friday football feast in Toyota Classic
Tobago gets another taste of top flight football on Friday evening as the Toyota Classic kicks off with eight matches spread across four venues nationwide with a mixture of Pro League and Super League teams. The Trinidad and Tobago international quartet of players Richard Roy, Devorn Jorsling, Curtis Gonzales and …
Read More »Trinidad Guardian spoil sports… literally
Let’s just call this a weekend to forget for the Trinidad Guardian sports desk. Or maybe it was a weekend to forget about their sport desk. On Sunday, the Guardian became the most shameless plagiarist since Father Henry Charles after lifting the vast majority of a Caribbean Cup article published …
Read More »Guerra sinks Cuba as Warriors top group
Trinidad and Tobago midfielder Ataullah Guerra transformed the Dwight Yorke Stadium into a love nest tonight with the decisive goal as the “Soca Warriors” advanced to next month’s 2012 Caribbean Cup finals in style with a 1-0 victory over Cuba in Bacolet, Tobago. Guerra hopped along the running track, blowing …
Read More »Warriors advance as Suriname shocks St Vincent
Maybe the tide really is turning for the Trinidad and Tobago national football team. The “Soca Warriors” qualified for next month’s Caribbean Cup finals in Antigua and Barbuda with a game in hand after Suriname shocked St Vincent and the Grenadines 1-0 today at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, …
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