The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is once more a full Fifa member, after the world governing body formally lifted its suspension of the Soca Warriors today. The decision was made by the Bureau of the Fifa Council, which is headed by Fifa president Gianni Infantino, and promptly communicated …
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“[…] By now, you likely know that Infantino has his own legal woes in Switzerland where he has been criminally indicted by the state over his role in attempting to replicate, in his home country, the criminality that he has endorsed and encouraged in Africa. “[…] In Africa, the Fifa …
Read More »Fifa ‘welcomes’ TTFA’s acquiescence but still ‘assessing’ next step, after two weeks
It is almost two weeks since the court of appeal broke the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s legal resistance to Fifa, with the local football body’s member delegates swiftly voting to subsequently hand its reins to the governing body’s normalisation committee. Having forced regime change, Fifa president Gianni Infantino is …
Read More »Fifa’s political neutrality claim ‘patently false’; why Infantino’s woes won’t disappear—even if TTFA officials do
On 24 September 2020, even as Fifa president Gianni Infantino flexed the awesome muscles of the billion dollar global sport body that he heads, he revealed its Achilles heel. It was the day that Bureau of the Fifa Council, headed by Infantino, suspended the Trinidad and Tobago Football Football Association …
Read More »Fifa deferral request denied, plus mysterious new TTFA affidavits add to High Court drama
Madame Justice Carol Gobin will proceed with Friday’s High Court case between Fifa and the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), despite a late request by the former party for a deferral. The main issues for determination by the High Court on 9 October are: Whether the purported appointment of …
Read More »Fifa ‘ceases’ normalisation committee, threatens 2022 W/Cup spot in latest update
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) will be excluded from the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign—on top of the Concacaf 2021 Gold Cup tournament—if it does not meet the criteria set by Fifa for the lifting of its international suspension by 6pm on 18 December 2020. The apparent …
Read More »Concacaf extends olive branch and fresh deadline, as TTFA-FIFA tussle enters slapstick territory
At 11.55am today, Concacaf offered an olive branch to the Soca Warriors. On Monday 28 September, Concacaf will hold its draw for the 2021 Gold Cup, which is its showcase tournament, and there will be a special arrangement for the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team. Yesterday, Fifa suspended …
Read More »Fifa bans TTFA! ‘Former leadership’ accused of ‘endangering overall global football governance structure’
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has been suspended by Fifa with immediate effect, for ‘grave violations of the Fifa Statutes’. The decision, which was taken today by the Bureau of the Fifa Council, means that Trinidad and Tobago clubs and national teams are now forbidden from taking part …
Read More »Fifa gives TTFA new ‘final deadline’ of 23 Sep, Hadad risks ‘contempt’ charge to relay it
Fifa has given the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) a new ‘final deadline’ of 23 September to ensure the withdrawal of its High Court case against the governing body. The latest threat was issued by Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura to Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad this morning …
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Dear David, It appeared not in a Panamanian newspaper but many years ago in Fidel Castro’s Cuba, Granma. Cuando el pueblo se enfada, toda la injusticia tiembla. You speak a little Spanish, don’t you? Not a word? Small ting. It says this: When the man-in-the-street says enough is enough, all …
Read More »Fifa tells ‘new’ TTFA to inform ‘former’ TTFA of deadline to drop court case, in bizarre letter
Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura has asked ‘new’ Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) boss Robert Hadad—the head of its normalisation committee in the twin island republic—to tell ‘former’ TTFA president William Wallace to ignore the order of High Court Judge Carol Gobin and move its dispute with Fifa to …
Read More »Justice Gobin: ‘Fifa could not presume to be above the law’! Infantino-led body accused of ‘thumbing nose’ at fair play in TTFA attack
Madame Justice Carol Gobin handed down a comprehensive defeat to global football body, Fifa, in the Port of Spain High Court today, in a decision that is likely to be read closely across the planet. The TTFA was represented legally by Dr Emir Crowne, Matthew Gayle, Jason Jones and Crystal …
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