Defending champions Fatima College opened up a three-point gap atop the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division standings today thanks to a 4-1 win over San Juan North Secondary at Mucurapo Road. Fatima capitalised on another postponed fixture, as a torrential downpour left the St Anthony’s College ground unplayable …
Read More »RBCPL24: Du Plessis, Pollard pay tribute to DJ Bravo; Kings eye T20 throne
“What a player, what a career and what a man!” St Lucia Kings captain Faf du Plessis was speaking at the end of Tuesday’s 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Match 26 on Tuesday, which his St Lucia Kings won convincingly by 81 runs. But those ten words were …
Read More »RBCPL24: Charles’ superlative 89 against TKR puts St Lucia Kings in pole position
As T20 cricketing brains go, both Kieron Pollard and Kieron Pollard’s are right up there with them. But when the Saint Lucia Kings’ Johnson Charles asked the questions of him at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba on Tuesday morning, the Trinbago Knight Riders skipper had no answers. And …
Read More »SSFL 24: Correia sends Fatima top, but “Green Machine” make champs sweat
Defending champions Fatima College moved atop the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division standings for the first time this season after a 1-0 win away to St Augustine Secondary. But they would not want to remember too much about how they got there. Forward Luke Correia got the game’s …
Read More »RBCPL24: Pooran rides luck to give TKR record win at Tarouba over Patriots
Kieron Pollard’s side are the Knight Riders. But on Sunday night in Match 25 of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League at the BCLA in Tarouba, Andre Fletcher’s Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots were the runaway horses. They started like a high-speed train and stopped a mere seven runs …
Read More »Najjar: Trust your instincts, Derek—you’re the best person for the job
When Austin ‘Jack’ Warner speaks about football administration issues and nuances, especially as it relates to Trinidad and Tobago, my advice is to listen. Jack began with: “Trinidad and Tobago [are] basically grasping at straws where qualification to the 2026 FIFA World Cup is concerned.” I understand the difficulty for …
Read More »RBCPL24: Charles reigns as St Lucia Kings lord it over Royals again
Before Saint Lucia Kings’ second game in as many days versus Barbados Royals at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence earlier on Sunday, the highest total after three games on the turning surface was the 137 scored by home team Guyana Amazon Warriors on Friday night. Putting it kindly, the …
Read More »RBCPL24: Moeen paces Warriors, as Falcons fail in top four bid
On a Providence pitch that made batting no easy task, defending champions Guyana Amazon Warriors struggled and struggled and then struggled some more. And then, in Match 23 of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which they won by 27 runs on Saturday evening, came Moeen Ali. Actually, …
Read More »SSFL 24: Phillip bags double but St Mary’s held 2-2 by Signal Hill
St Mary’s College skipper Kyle Phillip notched a double against Signal Hill Secondary at Serpentine Road in St Clair today, although it was not enough to give the home team all three points—as they had to settle for a 2-2 draw with their Tobagonian guests. The outing marked a debut …
Read More »RBCPL24: Alzarri sizzles as St Lucia Kings romp home over Barbados Royals
Barbados Royals captain Rovman Powell won the toss in Match 22 of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL). He figured that, his team having already qualified for the playoffs, he’d have a bat. He figured too that, on a turning track at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence, …
Read More »RBCPL24: Hetmyer, Joseph steal show for dominant Warriors against STKNP
Shamar Joseph and Shimron Hetmyer dominated the proceedings at Providence in Guyana on Friday when the Guyana Amazon Warriors beat the already eliminated Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 30 runs. But Ryan John was in the spotlight. Not in a good way. In the 20th and final over of …
Read More »SSFL24: CIC hire Glen; Grayson lifts lid on alleged issues at “Saints”
Former Club Sando head coach and ex-Soca Warriors standout Cornell Glen will lead the St Mary’s College football team for the foreseeable future, after he was installed as replacement to Michael Grayson yesterday. Glen, 43, heads a new four-member technical staff which includes assistant coach Abdallah Phillips, goalkeeper coach Clayton …
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