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Twenty five year old Ross Russell Jr, a former Defence Force football stand-out, was freed today, after two years in jail awaiting trial for the murder of former Diego Martin resident Selwyn Gaff. Russell Jr, who maintained his innocence and offered an alibi which suggested he could not have been …

“Where did we go wrong? […] The system failing the youth.” La Horquetta XF head coach Dave Quamina is lamenting that the society in general and the football community in particular is allowing young men to slip through the cracks, after two of his former players, 25-year-old attacker Neil Mitchell …

Not every skin teeth, as the old people say, is a laugh. And, as Defence Force and Central FC players posed with trophies and giant cheques at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, tension was not far beneath the surface. Central, who won the Pro League title for …

Promising 23-year-old Pro League football star, Ross Russell Jr, is among two recently discharged soldiers who appeared before Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar in the Port of Spain court this morning for the murder of Diego Martin resident Selwyn Gaff. Russell Jr, who has two children, was charged alongside his cousin …

“That young boy will make it big in football,” said a bystander, as then 22 year old, six feet tall central defender, Jamali Garcia, walked past them after a training session in Chaguaramas. Garcia, who lives with his parents and two brothers in St James, started playing competitive football in school, …

In the end, even Police FC coach Richard Hood was forced to chuckle. With star custodian Adrian Foncette on trial in Turkey and his back-up Keinol Paul suspended and third choice goalkeeper, Akeemo Morgan, inactive, Hood sidestepped the transfer window and snared young goalkeeper Perry O’Connor, who represented Petit Valley …

Defence Force FC maintained their three point lead atop the 2015/16 TT Pro League standings yesterday with a deserved 2-0 win over Play Whe San Juan Jabloteh at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya. The Army/Coast Guard combination overcame a first half penalty stop by Jabloteh goalie Shemel Louison to …

San Juan Jabloteh’s early season form continued yesterday evening at the Marvin Lee Stadium as the “San Juan Kings” moved to the top of the Digicel Pro League standings with a last gasp 1-0 win over North East Stars. Yohann Caleb scored an 87th minute winner for the Jabloteh team, which …

Defence Force clinched the Digicel Pro League title with a game to spare last night but the army/coast guard combination had to share the spotlight with some teenaged upstarts at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Defence Force was trounced 4-0 by DIRECTV W Connection in the penultimate fixture of …

The Trinidad and Tobago soldiers faced more than their share of defiance in the 2011/12 Pro League season. But Thursday night was not one of those moments. In the 2012 Digicel Pro Bowl final at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, the Defence Force exploded and, for once, …