Allen Stanford, remember that name? No? Not a surprise really. When West Indians are focused on the biggest party in sport, who has time to remember a man who was a party to the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on West Indian sport? On Republic Day, a lady who lives on …
Read More »SSFL 24: Presentation whip Malick to stay on Benedict’s tail; Fatima slip up
Presentation College San Fernando jumped one spot to second in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division today after a comfortable 3-1 victory over Malick Secondary at the St Mary’s Ground on Serpentine Road, St Clair. Two first-half goals from Isaiah Jacob and Caleb Boyce set the tone for …
Read More »SSFL 24: Schools, fans left reeling by late time change; games revert to 3.30pm
Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Premier Division schools were left scrambling this morning after a last-minute change in kick off times for match day ten. Yesterday evening, fixtures for today’s matches were sent out with kick off times given as 3.30pm. No explanation was given and there was no accompanying …
Read More »RBCPL24: Are WI being served? Wired868 looks back at CPL24
“Yuh tink is so de ting does work?” Calypso History Month has just begun and the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL), the biggest party in sport, has just ended. How are they connected? Well, if you know where to look, you can find several through-lines. There’s no Lying …
Read More »T&T lose lead twice in 2-2 draw away to Cuba; but can still avoid relegation
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team interim head coach Derek King is still waiting for his first win at the helm, after his outfit settled for a 2-2 draw away to Cuba in Concacaf Nations League A action today. With the current Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) executive …
Read More »SSFL 24: Late Bernard bullet helps Speyside hold “Naps” 1-1 in San F’do
Naparima College failed to keep pace with the top six schools today, as they were held to a 1-1 draw by struggling Speyside High in Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division action at Lewis Street in San Fernando. After a goalless first half, “Naps” thought they had done enough …
Read More »Vaneisa: Under the crescent moon—the good, the bad and the ugly of the CPL
The day after the end of the T20 World Cup, my daughter and a friend of ours were at my home, and as I was talking cricket, he suggested we have a lime to watch the final. I burst out laughing, explaining that the final had already gone and the …
Read More »SSFL 24: ‘Zoom Zoom’ steers St Benedict’s past St Anthony’s; St Augustine win at Speyside
At the midway point of the 2024 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division season, there is already a clear frontrunner. St Benedict’s College pulled six points clear of the pack today, with a 2-1 win away to St Anthony’s College at Westmoorings. And, crucially, the ‘La Romaine Lions’ have …
Read More »RBCPL24: Roger that, Coachman! Chase and Jones flip final script for SLK after warning
Five overs to go, six wickets intact and 66 runs still needed for victory. Saint Lucia Kings (SLK) are chasing their first-ever Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title. Before a partisan crowd at the National Stadium in Providence, Guyana on Sunday evening, the right-handed pair of Roston Chase and …
Read More »RBCPL24: Aaron Jones steps up as SLK deny defending champions GAW the double
The deed is done. The defending champions have been defeated. By six wickets. And on their third attempt—having repeatedly discussed the distinct possibility of a double Lucian celebration this year after Julien Alfred’s sprint gold in Paris in the summer—the Saint Lucia Kings finally have their first title. On Sunday …
Read More »RBCPL24: Feeling the fielding—how David Wiese leads Kings’ bowlers’ support staff
A cricket match, a cricket sage once wrote, is played in the minds of the opposing captains. Were he writing in the post-20th century T20 world and thus disposed to making the compulsory compromises imposed by today’s audience of e-literates, he might not have stopped there. But, I imagine him …
Read More »SSFL 24: ‘Zoom Zoom’ doubles up as St Benedict’s down Fatima to claim top spot
Former Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 team flanker Derrel ‘Zoom Zoom’ Garcia returned to the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) with a bang today, as the gifted attacker scored twice in a 3-1 win for St Benedict’s College over defending champions Fatima College at the Mahaica Sporting Complex. Garcia, who …
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