Young footballers with an eye on a possible career overseas are encouraged to seize the invaluable opportunities presented at this year’s revamped Republic Cup Youth Football Tournament, which kicks off at Constantine Park in Macoya on 4 June. In the finals of the 2022 edition, Gateway Athletics director Adrian Romain …
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Two days ago, Kieron Pollard turned 35. He did not play in the Mumbai Indians’ match against Chennai Super Kings on the same day, which proved to be one of the rare victories for the MI team during this IPL season. Before the match, the ESPNcricinfo website posted a discussion …
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Malabar Young Stars ace forward Jorel ‘J-Boy’ Grant had an off evening yesterday at the George Boyce Recreation Ground on the Arima Old Road. Cantaro United playmaker Nathaniel ‘Bubba’ Perouse skipped the affair altogether in a literal sense. And with neither player in the thick of things, the top-of-the-table NLCL …
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AC Port of Spain football club today became the first known sports team to forfeit a domestic fixture owing to Covid-19, as the Pro League outfit withdrew their youth side from a NLCL Under-19 Community Cup clash with Soccer Made Simple (SMS) this afternoon. AC PoS, who are fifth in …
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“[…] As the governing body of WI cricket, CWI has to shoulder the blame for the nonsense arrangement whereby players collect a monthly salary from the board and, when selection time comes around, turn up and fail a fitness test. “[…] Is it not fair to conclude that they are …
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Every now and again, I indulge in a binge fest of Viv Richards. It’s therapeutic. Maybe it was triggered by his 70th birthday on 7 March, but it was such an intense submersion that I felt compelled to write about why Viv Richards resides in my mind as the greatest …
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What do you get when the top-of-the-table team meets the cellar-placed team in the Next Level Consultant Ltd (NLCL) Under-19 Community Cup? A 3-0 win, right? Right! Well, that was the margin in NLCL action last evening at the Techier Ground in Point Fortin where Point Fortin Youth Academy (PFYA) …
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The following is a release from the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA): The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association will be hosting screening sessions for girls between the ages of 13 and 15 years and boys between the ages of 12 and 14 years both in Trinidad and Tobago geared …
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The Cricket West Indies (CWI) selection panel announced six changes to the West Indies One-day International (ODI) Team for the tour to the Netherlands and Pakistan from 31 May, under new white ball captain Nicholas Pooran. Batsmen Rovman Powell, Keacy Carty and allrounder Kyle Mayers have been added to the …
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“[…] The evident disrespect of the Arima Municipal Police was one for the books last Thursday as they came with a mission to clearly obstruct young men with talent, living in communities with no respect for the police. “What do we expect after such incidents? […]” The following slightly edited …
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Malabar Young Stars were leading Soccer Made Simple 3-1 in the 83rd minute of their Next Level Consultant Ltd (NLCL) Under-19 Community Cup match at the Arima Velodrome when a police officer strolled on to the field and ordered referee Oswald Samuel to instantly blow off the game. Less than …
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The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) must pay off a loan of US$3m (TT$20.1m) over the next 10 years to a mysterious benefactor—a repayment plan of essentially US$300,000 per year. It is a far rosier proposition than the previous scenario of 258 irate creditors and a debt of over …
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