Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace said he was ‘extremely happy’ but also wary, after a significant triumph today in his case against the world governing body, Fifa. “All we wanted was a chance to be heard, and if this is the first step towards that then …
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 …
Read More »Wallace wins in High Court, Fifa application dismissed as seismic case remains in Trinidad
If Fifa wants to defend its implementation of a normalisation committee in Trinidad and Tobago, the world governing body will have to do so in the Port of Spain High Court. Today, Justice Carol Gobin dismissed Fifa’s application to move its case with Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president …
Read More »Swiss special prosecutor commences criminal investigation of Fifa president, Infantino
Fifa president Gianni Infantino is now under criminal investigation in Switzerland, after Swiss special prosecutor Dr Stefan Keller found ‘indications of criminal conduct’ in secret meetings between Infantino and Switzerland Attorney General Michael Lauber. Keller, who was appointed on 29 June by the Supervisory Authority for the Office of the …
Read More »Fifa: TTFA wants to have cake and eat it too; TTFA: Arbitration clause ‘unconscionable’
Should the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) be forced to abide by an arbitration clause that is explicit in its own constitution? Or is the clause itself, which orders that all disputes with Fifa be sent to the Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), ‘unconscionable’ by virtue of …
Read More »Inside United TTFA: Fenwick/Look Loy clash, Ramdhan’s family affair, and Fifa makes its move
The following is the fourth and final part of Wired868’s look into the short but eventful tenure of the William Wallace-led Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA); and was done through a series of interviews, on condition of anonymity, with five persons from the United TTFA slate and/or employed elsewhere …
Read More »Fifa blames Crowne for withdrawing from TTFA mediation talks, Look Loy: Fifa is petrified
Fifa announced today that it has withdrawn from proposed mediation talks with the ‘United TTFA’ and blamed its decision on the ‘failure’ of the latter’s attorneys ‘to keep the matter confidential’. Yesterday, Fifa, for the first time since 17 March, suggested that it was ready to talk to besieged TTFA …
Read More »Dear editor: Football dreams of our youth are bigger than Fifa/TTFA; gov’t should intervene
“[…] The continuing impasse—aggravated by the challenges of Covid-19—could effectively jettison the hopes and aspirations of thousands of young people throughout Trinidad and Tobago to improve their lives and their livelihood through football. “[…] Now, with their dreams deferred, the youngsters could easily fall prey to the crime-lord lobbyists who …
Read More »Shaka: Troubling TTFA revelations don’t justify Fifa intervention—they challenge us to fix ourselves
Well, this really has been a strange couple of weeks. I’ve found myself having in-depth conversations with some of my best and dearest friends regarding our football and the position we currently find ourselves in. We really are up a murky creek; and Fifa has snatched our paddles and are …
Read More »Wallace: “The facts are as follows…” TTFA boss ‘clears air’ on Fenwick, Miller and Ramdhan
“[…] The only workable decision open to us at that time was the one I took and that is a decision to sign an agreement with [Peter] Miller. I took this decision as leader of the team and decided not to burden anyone else with it. “Was there an inherent …
Read More »A ‘replica’ of John-Williams! United TTFA turns on president Wallace, calls general meeting
“[…] This pattern of behaviour is unacceptable. It is unilateral. It exceeds the constitutional limits to the president’s authority. “It is deceptive and deeply disappointing. And it replicates the performance of former president David John-Williams…” The following press statement on the actions of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace—in …
Read More »Fifa fights back; urges High Court to send dispute to CAS—and for TTFA to pay its costs!
Fifa today filed an injunction in the Trinidad and Tobago High Court, which seeks to stop it from hearing any matter in relation to its normalisation committee and insists that the right forum for its dispute with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is the Court of Arbitration for Sport …
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