FOOTBALL

Chief Executive Office (CEO) Dexter Skeene has said that the Trinidad and Tobago professional football league (TT Pro League) will ride out difficult times and that they are in talks with corporate stakeholders and the Government to ensure its survival.

The Government is currently in negotiations with the organisers of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) to host this year’s CPL T20 tournament at the Brian Lara Academy in Tarouba, according to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.

Less than a minute after replacing Ivan Rakitic during a strangely discordant el clásico, Andrés Iniesta had Barcelona humming sweeter harmonies again. His first act was to float to the centre, collect from Gerard Piqué and exchange a wall-pass with Lionel Messi – bam, bam, bam – which started a 31-pass move. His next was to set up Neymar for a chance he smashed over. Later he steered a glorious eye of the needle ball that Messi, with the match at his feet, screwed wide.

Mourners wear football team’s colours and place tributes outside club’s arena in Chapecó after plane crash in Colombia

SAN JUAN Jabloteh coach Keith Jeffrey predicts the people of Santa Cruz will produce one of the biggest crowds in recent Pro League, one that could pale the record turnout at the Morvant Recreation Ground.

The return of football to the communities has been a major step towards improving the T&T Professional Football League product.