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Club Sando and Naparima College head coach Angus Eve has vowed to take over two dozen young footballers to see Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Shamfa Cudjoe, in a last ditch effort to save their dream of participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying series. Yesterday, Trinidad and Tobago …

Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Camara David has confirmed that the local football body will not participate in the Tokyo 2020 Men’s Olympic qualifying series. David, via a press statement, said the football body’s decision was due to ‘financial difficulties’ and because the Olympic Games was a ‘difficult …

Men’s National Under-23 Team head coach-in-waiting, Angus Eve, is urging Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and his Board to accept that they are not up to the job of running local football and resign with immediate effect. Eve’s plea came within 24 hours of a press …

The financially beleaguered Trinidad and Tobago Football Association is considering withdrawing both their male and female teams from the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games Qualifiers. The Men’s National Under-23 Team were drawn in Group B of the qualifying series alongside Cuba, US Virgin Islands and Barbados, which is due to …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has been advised to turn to ‘minor leagues’, as the chronically under-prepared local football body is tasked to build a team from scratch to compete in the 2020 Olympic qualifying series, which kicks off in three months. The TTFA does not have a National …

“Not getting past the preliminary round is not catastrophic in itself but this is compounded by the times returned in the various events—times expected from age-group athletes. “[…] It seems to me that the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) and the National Association of Amateur Athletic Associations (NAAA) both …

“My objective is to get a gold medal. Whether people agree with me or not, I believe the TTOC is not the United Nations of nothing… The TTOC, by virtue of the sports we control, are in the medal-winning business. “Our role is, as far as possible, to create an …

“I think what has happened is more and more you are seeing athletes in various sports exercising their right to choose or take decisions that they believe are in their best benefit. It is no longer the athletes are pawns to be used. “[…] People talk about accountability and taxpayers’ …

“If you show the talent, commitment and determination to aspire to be the best in the world, then [the Government should ensure] there is a high-performance system in place to nurture your potential to be the best.” Track coach Tony Hatt makes a case for increased State funding for track …