Ex-FIFA vice-president and former Trinidad and Tobago MP Jack Warner responds to his FIFA ban and US extradition request in a press conference. Satirically speaking. More from Wired868 Missing the Faris for the trees? Mr Live Wire gets another political lecture from a mysterious man (Scene: A dapper gentleman examines a …
Read More »Sharks tale: Bankers Insurance CEO restores Sancho and Harrison to Central posts
Central FC is set for familiar new owners after Bankers Insurance CEO Vance Gabriel introduced himself to the “Couva Sharks” as their new boss on Saturday morning at the Kampo Vibes Restaurant on Ramsaran Street, Chaguanas. And, at Gabriel’s side, were the controversial duo of former Central chairman Brent Sancho …
Read More »Stay away, Sancho! Central FC players protest possible Sancho/Harrison returns
Former Sport Minister Brent Sancho and his advisor Kevin Harrison were subjected to a new low today, as 24 of Central FC’s 29 football players signed a petition that urged their board of directors not to allow them back to the Pro League club. The petition, which was addressed to …
Read More »TTFA opens Sancho/Harrison probe; Ex-minister quizzed on dodgy deals
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) yesterday gave former Sport Minister Brent Sancho and his former employee Kevin Harrison a seven-day deadline to respond to questions over: his conduct with regards to the transfers of Central FC forward Rundell Winchester, the signing of then 16-year-old winger Levi Garcia, and …
Read More »Ma Pau poser: How Pro League application led to Police probe in Sport Ministry
The Ma Pau Morvant Sports Club, almost certainly, will not participate in the 2015/16 Pro League competition, after an about-turn by the Ministry of Sport left the organisation without its registration fee. And it is possible that the Ma Pau outfit, which participated in the Pro League between 2008 and …
Read More »Sancho’s ex-agent, Davies, changes tune on Harrison’s “personal payment” request
British football agent Steve Davies, who represented Sport Minister Brent Sancho during his professional career in England, has made an about-turn regarding the request for a “personal payment” by Advisor to the Sport Minister, Kevin Harrison, during transfer negotiations for Trinidad and Tobago international forward Rundell Winchester in August 2014. …
Read More »Fenwick tackles ‘erroneous’ Guardian article; opens up on Ma Pau’s Pro League bid
The following is a press release by ex-England World Cup defender Terry Fenwick, a former Central FC and San Juan Jabloteh football coach, in response to a Trinidad Guardian article on Ma Pau’s Pro League application: I am aware of an article published in the Trinidad Guardian of Thursday, September …
Read More »CONCACAF: Harrison directed money to Sancho while he was Sport Minister
CONCACAF has rubbished assertions that Brent Sancho was not Trinidad and Tobago Sport Minister when his advisor, Kevin Harrison, directed the football confederation to wire Central FC funds to his personal bank account. Harrison and Central suggested that Sancho’s bank details were sent to CONCACAF in December 2014 while he …
Read More »PNM or People’s Partnership? Live Wire gives his final word before September 7
Scene: A haggard figure knocks firmly on a white, wooden door and then sits on the step to catch his breath. Suddenly, the door swings open and sends the visitor catspraddling into a parked car. A mystical figure emerges from behind the door… Patriot (shaken): Mr Live Wire, I presume? Live …
Read More »TTFA monitoring alleged Sancho/Harrison payment request; Visé responds
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Sheldon Phillips confirmed that the local football body is monitoring a request, sent by then Central FC operations director Kevin Harrison’s email address, which asked for a “personal payment” for Harrison and then club chairman Brent Sancho related to a club transfer. At …
Read More »From Harrison and Sancho: Personal payment for Central FC player, please
The following is a letter sent from the email address of then Central FC operations director and current advisor to the Sport Minister, Kevin Harrison, which requests a personal payment for himself and then Central chairman and current Minister of Sport, Brent Sancho, for a player transfer: Editor’s note: Click HERE for …
Read More »Sancho and Harrison allegedly requested improper payment for Central transfers
Sport Minister Brent Sancho and his advisor Kevin Harrison’s relationship with Central FC has again been called into question, after a leaked document suggested that the pair may have tried to personally benefit from a transfer deal last year. An email, allegedly sent by Harrison in August 2014, appeared to …
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