Wired868
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Wired868 is a Trinidad and Tobago-based online newspaper that distinguishes itself through clever, analytical sports stories and blogs as well as satirical weekday news briefs. Started on 12 January 2012 and has been a leading source for local football news ever since.
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2h ago
The West Indies cricket team needed all of 19 overs to see minnows Papua New Guinea today, as the Maroon Men started their 2026 ICC T20 World Cup campaign off with an unconvincing win in Providence, Guyana. West Indies captain Rovman Powell led his troops to a five-wicket triumph in the end, with six balls ..read more
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17h ago
It has been about 30 years since Vicki-Ann Assevero put down her bucket in the land of her father’s birth. She didn’t come back because of some ancestral pull to Victor’s homeland—it was because she had met and fallen in love with another Trinidadian, the then-minister of finance, Wendell Mottley, whom she married in 1994 ..read more
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1d ago
Veteran Morvant Caledonia United forward Kevon “Showtime” Woodley could make his competitive debut for the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team next week as the 37-year-old Morvant Caledonia United forward was named in coach Angus Eve’s 25-man squad to face Grenada and The Bahamas. Woodley, a former Beach Soccer forward, scored twice in his ..read more
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2d ago
A makeshift Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team made it two wins from two outings in the Queen’s Friendly Tournament last night, as they defeated hosts Curaçao 3-1 at the Stadion Rignaal “Jean” Francisca in Willemstad. Women Soca Warriors head coach Richard Hood travelled to Curaçao with 12 uncapped teenagers and, once again, was ..read more
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3d ago
Old enough to have been around when Kapil Dev ran halfway across Lord’s to pouch Viv Richards’ skier, I am scarred. Over four decades after that 1983 sinking of the West Indies’ Titanic, I remain a sceptic, at best a conservative believer in West Indies’ World Cup prowess. In hindsight, the record suggests it has ..read more
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4d ago
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team overturned an early deficit to defeat Aruba 2-1 tonight in their first outing of the Queen’s Friendly Tournament in Curaçao. Aruba captain Soraya Vierhoeve put the Dutch-speaking islanders ahead with a rasping drive from the edge of the area, after just four minutes. But the Women Soca ..read more
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4d ago
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve will almost certainly have to start his 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign without gifted 23-year-old flanker Tyrese Spicer. Spicer, who was Major League Soccer club Toronto FC’s first round draft pick last year, was included in Eve’s 39-man pool last week for qualifying matches ..read more
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1w ago
The Arima Borough Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday to name a proposed pavilion at the Larry Gomes Cricket Enclosure at Princess Royal Park, Arima after iconic spin bowler Sunil Phillip Narine. Narine, who turned 36 today, is a retired West Indies cricketer although he continues to compete in franchise cricket. The spinner helped ..read more
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1w ago
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) selection panel has inserted 27-year-old left arm fast bowler Obed McCoy into the West Indies team for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, as a replacement for 32-year-old allrounder Jason Holder. Holder, whose confirmed absence was described as notable by lead selector Desmond Haynes, was injured while representing Worcestershire in ..read more
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1w ago
With great dismay last Tuesday, I read the lamentation of three government ministers concerning the state of crime in Trinidad & Tobago and the incidence of drug use amongst youths. One of them, Minister Camille Robinson-Regis, felt “helplessness” in the face of violence. The obvious response is to invite her to come out of government ..read more