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“We were up against a very good Mexican team. These guys play 10 months of football, more than our senior players locally, they are professionals. Their schedule is the same as the senior men’s, their fixtures are the same, they play the game maturely.” This from T&T Under-15 head coach, …

The Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-15 Team saved their best showing for last but it was not enough to earn a point or avoid another lopsided scoreline, as they fell 4-1 to Mexico tonight at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The result meant the host team lost all …

There was no doubting the superiority of Defence Force FC yesterday evening at the Larry Gomes Stadium, as they cruised to a 3-0 win over Prison Service FC in their Ascension Invitational Tournament second day fixture. It was a comprehensive victory by any standard, ‘chrome’ to the EA Sports FIFA …

An excellent ESPNcricinfo piece with an Osman Saimuddin by-line headlined “What the luck! New Zealand and the randomness of life” has this to say: You can analyse events down to their minutest detail. This happened because he did this and he did that and next time he did this and …

“It was an easy game,” said Cunupia FC coach Michael De Four, as he mused over his outfit’s 5-2 thrashing of FC Santa Rosa in Ascension Invitational action last night. “[…] We didn’t get much from the game in terms of learning as a team because they didn’t offer us …

A few months ago, when the Trinidad and Tobago government granted asylum-seeking Venezuelans temporary residence, many joked that the Venezuelans had now made this country their own. Last night, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, the Venezuela Under-15 team definitely looked at home as they bossed and outclassed the Trinidad and …

Women’s football stakeholders are again accusing Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and his support staff—including general secretary Camara David—of sexism and disrespect, after the Women’s National Under-17 Team were again left without a chance to wear ‘red, black and white’ at the ongoing TTFA Youth Invitational …

“I would like to state that there is no poaching taking place from Mr David John-Williams or W Connection. Or at least I can say clearly that for Josiah Wilson there has been no persuasion by people to leave one team for the other. Youths grow and progress and, as …

Scoring four goals and still finishing second best is never a good evening. But for the Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-15 team, playing their first match of the TTFA Youth Invitational Tournament on Wednesday 17 July at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, the 5-4 defeat to Panama had a …

Yeah, I take the piss out of it all the time. I think I’m one of the luckiest people on the planet. If any of my mates ask on the phone, “What are you up to?” I just say “I’m hanging around, waiting for a bit of luck, mate.”  He …

Which of the ten teams in the World Cup tournament that England won yesterday had the most players with surnames beginning with the letter A? And which one had the most players who have the same initial for first name and surname? Do you know? Do you care? My boyhood …

Trinidad and Tobago Boys’ National Under-15 Team head coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier has announced his 20-man squad for this week’s TTFA Youth Invitational Tournament. The Boys National Under-15s, who are captained by Trendsetter Hawks midfielder Jaheim Marshall, will play Panama, Venezuela and Mexico on 17, 19 and 21 July respectively while …