Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) Safeguarding manager Gary St Rose has defended the integrity of the local body’s operation and denied that the function designed for the welfare of minors has been weaponised. The Safeguarding unit was criticised last November for its decision to suspend the NLCL Under-19 Community …

Dutch coach Leo Beenhakker passed away today at the age of 82. Beenhakker won three titles at the helm of Real Madrid, lifted silverware with arch-rivals Ajax and Feyenoord, led Holland to the 1990 World Cup and steered Poland to their first ever European finals, the UEFA Euro 2008. However, …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-17 Team closed off their 2025 Concacaf Championship campaign with their third straight loss at this stage and their fourth consecutive defeat in total, as the young Women Soca Warriors fell 2-1 to Honduras at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. There was only …

Trinidad and Tobago’s dream of qualifying for the Morocco 2025 Fifa Women’s U-17 World Cup always seemed far-fetched, considering the state of the local game. A more realistic hope might have been that the young Women Soca Warriors show they can match-up with the likes of El Salvador and Honduras. …

There will be a final push for places in the 2025 Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL) quarterfinal round as zonal action continues this weekend, with seven of 24 knockout berths still up for grabs. The East Zone U-20 and South Zone U-17 and U-20 divisions are completed, though. …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-17 team left the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva to a rapturous applause last night, as they defied the United States for just over an hour before succumbing to a 3-0 defeat in their opening Concacaf Women’s U-17 Championship Group C fixture. The result …

“We doh beat gyul,” sang Wadicks, in the post-game entertainment at the Ato Boldon Stadium tonight, “but we beat rum bad!” Trinidad and Tobago beat Cuba pretty badly too, as it turned out. And, as far as homecomings go, Dwight Yorke could not ask for much better than that. The …

Trinidad and Tobago head coach Dwight Yorke marked his competitive international debut with a 2-1 win away to Cuba this afternoon as the Soca Warriors took a significant step towards a fourth straight Concacaf Gold group stage berth. Cuba struck first at the Antonio Maceo Stadium in Santiago and were …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dwight Yorke will be without the services of star attacker Levi Garcia, gifted veteran playmaker Kevin Molino and defender Jamal Jack on Friday, when the Soca Warriors face Cuba in the first of a two-legged Concacaf Gold Cup playoff tie. The …

I never forgot the last time that I saw Imran Khan—my former St Mary’s College classmate, not the cricketer. We were on the second floor of the school one morning, and I heard a buzz in the corridor. I looked up to see Imran walking towards me with a blood-stained …

Trinidad and Tobago Safeguarding manager Gary St Rose has banned Men’s National Under-17 team head coach Shawn Cooper from coaching minors in an unprecedented move within the national setup. On Saturday 15 March, St Rose issued a release on a TTFA letterhead that took aim at the veteran coach, who …

Britain-based author Richard Blackett, who, at present, is working on A History of Football in Trinidad and Tobago, 1908-2006, made an interesting challenge to me: Who would I pick on my all-time Trinidad and Tobago XI? Of course, such selections are highly prejudiced by their very nature. But it did …