Things you can trust more than the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force’s opening partnership at present: slight pepper from your local doubles vendor, MP Foster Cummings’ banking history, former senator Robert Sabga’s memory… Red Force captain Imran Khan won the toss at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba this …
Read More »WI regional championship roster changes, standings and top performers so far
There will be 10 roster changes for round four of the 2022 West Indies Championship, with five of the six franchises required to replace players selected for the West Indies tour to The Netherlands and Pakistan. The Guyana Harpy Eagles, who are fourth at present but trail leaders Barbados Pride …
Read More »Eve to trim Men’s U-20 squad by 28 May, books ‘closed doors’ friendly with Guyana
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team head coach Angus Eve will trim his current training squad from 39 to 24 players on Saturday 28 May, as the junior Soca Warriors continue preparations for the 2022 Concacaf Under-20 Championship. The two-island republic open their campaign against Haiti on 19 June …
Read More »NLCL round-up: SMS join Malabar in quarters; 10 teams chase six spots with one match day left
A double from striker Terron Miller on Sunday afternoon assured Soccer Made Simple (SMS) of one of the three NLCL Under-19 Community Cup quarterfinal places available in Group A. They whipped Malabar Young Stars 3-1 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The final score-line was a reversal of the …
Read More »Tage, you’re it! Guyana edge Barbados in regional thriller, Leeward Islands douse T&T Red Force
In 25-year-old batsman Tagenarine Chanderpaul, the Guyana Harpy Eagles have a fully comprehensive insurance policy. Against the Barbados Pride in the final session of their West Indies Championship clash at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain this evening, they should not have needed Chanderpaul’s input. Arguably, they may not have …
Read More »Furlonge: ‘Give [Bravo] a little time’; T&T bats struggle again against Leewards, Jamaica cruise, Guyana enforce follow-on
The Trinidad and Tobago Red Force will be in survival mode on Day Four of their 2022 West Indies Championship meeting with the Leeward Islands Hurricanes, fainge a mammoth target of 316 runs with just four wickets in hand. At the close of play at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex …
Read More »NLCL round-up: Malabar secure quarterfinal spot, Pt Fortin YA and Eagles keep hopes alive
Group A leaders Malabar Young Stars became the first team to book their place in the NLCL Under-19 Community Cup quarterfinal rounds yesterday evening, as they edged Trendsetter Hawks 3-2 at the UTT Campus in O’Meara. A double from Jorel ‘J-Boy’ Grant, who leads all scorers with 12 goals from …
Read More »Seales gets fifer but R/Force collapse versus Leewards, Chanders gets a ton as Guyana declare and King wallops Windwards
Trinidad and Tobago Red Force pacer Jayden Seales claimed all three Leeward Islands Hurricanes scalps this morning to record his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket during West Indies Championship action at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex in Diego Martin. But Seales was unable to savour his individual success for …
Read More »Powell steals Diego show versus rejigged Red Force, Mindley mauls Windwards, Chanderpaul defies Pride
A whirlwind century by opening batsman Kieran Powell today gave the Leeward Islands Hurricanes a commanding start at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex against the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, as action resumed in the four-day West Indies Championship. at the close of Day One, the Hurricanes were 308 for …
Read More »Republic Cup announces TT$3,000 first prize; Shem explains 7-a-side format and scouting
Gateway Athletics director Adrian Romain confirmed today that the grand winners of the Republic Cup Youth Football Tournament will walk away with TT$3,000 each. The competition, which will be run in a seven-a-side format, has five categories: Boys 17-19, Girls 17-19, Boys Under-16, Girls Under-16 and Boys Under-14. The overall …
Read More »NLCL 2022: Mama’s Gasparillo best Watson’s Cox FA to top Group B as Moruga lose 3 straight
Thirteen years on from a vehicular accident that changed the course of her life and her footballing career, former Trinidad and Tobago Senior Women’s footballer Tamar Watson is trying to make a difference from the technical area The 34-year-old Watson would have had many battles on and off the field. …
Read More »Vaneisa: Woodhouse offers captivating read on England’s 1954 tour of West Indies
One day, I received an email from someone I did not know, a cricket writer, who told me that he had just completed the first draft of a manuscript on England’s tour of the West Indies in 1954. There was a section in it that looked at the aftermath in the …
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