West Indies cricket legend and multiple world record holder Brian Lara discusses the potential talking points for the 2018 CPL season, Test vs T20 cricket, the strengths of reigning champs, the Trinbago Knight Riders, and the missing ingredient for the current crop of West Indies players, in the maiden episode …
Read More »Ball is Life (Video): Fenwick on facing Maradona and why he fears Spain for 2018 W/Cup
Former England World Cup defender and four-time Pro League champion coach Terry Fenwick on facing Diego Maradona, the best T&T player he ever worked with, the Soca Warriors’ biggest hurdle and why Spain could be the fiercest outfit at the Russia 2018 World Cup, in the fourth edition of Wired868’s …
Read More »“We’re in the medal-winning business!” TTOC president on Khalifa, Ato/Ahye spat and his Tokyo 2020 vision
“My objective is to get a gold medal. Whether people agree with me or not, I believe the TTOC is not the United Nations of nothing… The TTOC, by virtue of the sports we control, are in the medal-winning business. “Our role is, as far as possible, to create an …
Read More »“I can’t argue with gold!” TTOC president speaks on Ahye, St Louis, elite funding and the Commonwealth Games
“I think what has happened is more and more you are seeing athletes in various sports exercising their right to choose or take decisions that they believe are in their best benefit. It is no longer the athletes are pawns to be used. “[…] People talk about accountability and taxpayers’ …
Read More »“It wasn’t about qualifying, it was about stability!” Shabazz shares vision for T&T’s women’s football
“For me it wasn’t about qualifying [when I accepted the job as women’s coach], it was about stability,” said Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-20 Team head coach Jamaal Shabazz. “It was about creating what we created back then, which was a framework for players to go on scholarship and …
Read More »Ready to represent! (Video) T&T Women’s U-20 squad talk to Wired868TV
Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-20 Team coach Jamaal Shabazz and players Natisha John, Amaya Ellis, Ranae Ward, Asha James and Aaliyah Prince speak to Wired868TV before the CONCACAF Championships in Couva, Trinidad: Editor’s Note: Ellis is injured and will miss the CONCACAF tournament. More from Wired868 Defiant NAAATT Junior …
Read More »Day in the Life of a farmer: Seasoned greetings from the hills of Paramin
“Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,” sing Simon and Garfunkel in “Scarborough Fair” on the sound track of The Graduate. Paramin is NOT Scarborough. But although for most people in Trinidad and Tobago, Paramin is synonymous with parang, precious few are aware that this bustling, difficult-to-access little village nestling in the …
Read More »Chasing Greatness868 (Video): Hyland on his Carenage roots, hot temper and mom’s love
What is the pathway to greatness in Trinidad and Tobago? In the first of a two part interview, Soca Warriors football star Khaleem Hyland discusses his Carenage roots, anger management and debt to his mother, Carol, on Chasing Greatness868. Editor’s Note: Carol Hyland passed away after his interview with Wired868. …
Read More »One-on-One with Trinity East’s Emmanuel John: Manny’s on a mission
Humble and unassuming, Trinity College East custodian Emmanuel “Manny” John looks down on no one; he does, however, hope that there will one day be many local players who are looking up at him. The young goalkeeper credits Maracas United Football Club Youth Academy coach Marlon Charles for much of …
Read More »One-on-one with Anfernee Stokes: Football in my blood
Anfernee Stokes was just four years old when he kicked his first football; he has not stopped kicking them ever since. Now 18, he is the captain of the Queen’s Royal College SSFL Premier Division team although, truth be told, a serious knee injury slashed his season in half. Half …
Read More »One-on-One with Signal Hill’s Akiel Holdford: Motoring towards footballing success
Signal Hill Secondary midfielder Akiel Holdford is a humble, easy-going young man who aspires to one day be a mechanical engineer or, if he has to settle for less, a motor mechanic. But he is emphatically not the kind of young man who will easily settle for less. Holdford is …
Read More »One-on-One with Kishon Hackshaw: Trinity East Blue Hawk aims to soar
At 17, Kishon Hackshaw is not just your typical teenage schoolboy with dreams of making it big one day but with no interest in putting out the blood, sweat and tears that success often demands. The Trinity College East student is a hardworking student with a genuine enthusiasm for football …
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