Sports commentator Selwyn Melville may soon be smiling all the way to the bank after the board of the T&T Football Association (TTFA) agreed he was the one who coined the phrase “Soca Warriors.”
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Wanted — a TTFA general secretary
Days after revealing the T&T Football Association’s (TTFA) restructuring exercise which will lead to the replacement of general secretary Azard Khan, comes word that advertising for the position will begin soon.
DJW is autocratic, vindictive and narcissistic: Walkes blasts TTFA president
Sacked Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical director Kendall Walkes has blasted football president David John-Williams for his supposed autocratic, vindictive and narcissistic style, as he opened up about the last four months at his post.
TTFA set to make major changes
General secretary Khan faces axe
Major changes are coming to the T&T Football Association (TTFA) and sources say that general secretary Azard Khan is facing the axe, as president David John-Williams begins to flex his muscles.
The depths of Jack Warner's greed: Excerpt from American Huckster
This article is excerpted from American Huckster: How Chuck Blazer Got Rich From—and Sold Out—the Most Powerful Cabal in World Sports by Mary Papenfuss & Teri Thompson, available April 26 from Harper Collins. It can be pre-ordered here.
FCB moves on Jack Warner to recover $1.2m…CONCACAF Centre of Excellence at stake
Former government minister Jack Warner may potentially lose the Centre of Excellence, Macoya, as First Citizens Bank (FCB) seeks to recover $1.2 million in unpaid overdraft fees from him.
Sport Ministry to fund Road to Russia
The Ministry of Sport has given a commitment to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association to cover the Soca Warriors expenses for all travel and accommodation locally and internationally in its campaign to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Pellerud paid…John-Williams confident things will improve financially for TTFA
Former National Women’s Coach Even Pellerud has been paid in full by the new TTFA administration so this country no longer faces sanctions which would have prevented the Men’s Senior National Team from participating in the 2022 World Cup qualification. Pellerud received his final sum of US$160,146 (one hundred and sixty thousand and one hundred and forty-six), yesterday.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Joanne Salazar up for FIFA appointment
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association executive member, Joanne Salazar is in the running to be lone women’s representative on the FIFA Council.