Trinidad and Tobago defender Akeem Adams’ relationship with his club, Ferencvaros, and the Hungarian press is in the balance after the 22-year-old defender was unwittingly dragged into an explosive feud between the top flight Hungarian team and its former 49-year-old Dutch manager Ricardo Moniz. On Saturday evening after a 2-1 …
Read More »Happy holidays: Akeem could get a new heart by Christmas
Former two-time Trinidad and Tobago World Youth Cup defender Akeem Adams is praying for the opportunity to celebrate Christmas in his Budapest apartment with his mother, Ancilla Dick, and brother, Akini, and, of course, a new heart and prosthetic leg. The 22-year-old Adams, who is still hospitalised with an artificial, …
Read More »TTFA exorcises Native Spirit; “I Support Akeem” tee-shirts allegedly cost $53
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) today drew a line under its relationship with the controversial “I Support Akeem” venture, which was done in tandem with Native Spirit. And it was not good news for the clothing company. “It is twice we have dealt with that company,” said TTFA …
Read More »To Akeem with love: T&T Gov’t and private sector must up ante
Letter to the Editor: I am writing to express my disappointment in the support offered so far to Akeem Adams, the 22-year-old national footballer who suffered a massive heart attack in Hungary, where he plays for Ferencvaros. After the removal of his damaged heart, Akeem was placed in a coma …
Read More »TTFA apologises; but no figures for “I Support Akeem”
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) today finally apologised for its role in the “I Support Akeem” tee-shirt controversy, which was part of its “Heart of a Warrior” fund-raising drive for 22-year-old Ferencvarosi defender and former two-time Trinidad and Tobago World Youth Cup player, Akeem Adams. The TTFA told …
Read More »No apology: TTFA denies responsibility for Akeem controversy
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Sheldon Phillips said on Saturday that the football body would do some things differently in its fundraising effort for 22-year-old former two-time World Youth Cup player Akeem Adams. But Phillips stopped short of apologising for the TTFA’s role in the controversy, which …
Read More »Native Spirit set to reveal costs for “I Support Akeem”
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Sheldon Phillips said that he expects to receive a full breakdown of costs from Native Spirit for the production of “I Support Akeem” tee-shirts by Monday. Both organisations came in for criticism on the social media since Wired868 and I95.5 FM …
Read More »Show us the money: TTFA asks Native Spirit for breakdown of Akeem venture
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and the Native Spirit clothing company both pointed towards each other today as Wired868 sought further information on money raised from the sale of “I Support Akeem” tee-shirts. The $100 tee-shirts, which sold out last month, were designed to raise funds for former …
Read More »Native Spirit sends quarter of tee-shirt proceeds to Akeem
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) announced today that it has raised $72,300 for former two-time World Youth Cup defender Akeem Adams from the sale of Native Spirit “I Support Akeem” tee-shirts and tickets sold for the “Akeem Adams section” in the mid-October international between Trinidad and Tobago and …
Read More »Akeem’s improving; but financial donations remain slow
Twenty-two year old former Trinidad and Tobago defender Akeem Adams is said to be improving slowly but surely at the Varosmajori Heart Clinic in Budapest, Hungary although the ex-Presentation College (San Fernando) student remains in ICU. A source close to the family informed Wired868 that Adams’ condition is stabilising. The …
Read More »Warriors expect large turnout for emotional New Zealand friendly
The Trinidad and Tobago national football team is expected to kick off in front of a large, partisan crowd from 7.15 pm tomorrow as the “Soca Warriors” face Oceania’s top outfit, New Zealand, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary …
Read More »Adams family creates bank account for donations
Friends and well-wishers who would like to financially assist stricken Trinidad and Tobago footballer Akeem Adams can now do so directly as his mother, Ancilla Dick-Adams, has had a Royal Bank account set up for that purpose in her name. The 22-year-old Adams, who is an employee of top flight …
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