“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way it treats its children.” Nelson Mandela, May 1995. Ezekiel Ramdialsingh’s murder on 15 April received wide coverage in our newspapers. One even had it as a front-page story. But the description given to him was “an aspiring …
Read More »Barney’s bible: Fixing T&T football—standard curriculum, ‘shadow teams’ and new SSFL age group
Leave the egos at the door and instead bring bags and bags of patience. Fixing our football will require much more time than it took to drive it down to its current position. For too long, we have attempted to hold conversations in which each leader tried to look like …
Read More »TTSL Cup: Centeno and PVDMU say adios to Matura, as Mulraine exits on losing note
Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) strugglers Petit Valley/Diego Martin United (PVDMU) advanced to the quarterfinal round of the TTSL’s knockout competition yesterday as they edged sixth placed Matura ReUnited 3-2 in an all-action affair at the Valencia Secondary School. PVDMU, who are in 12th place on the 14-team table …
Read More »My Story, My Secrets: Hislop, Latapy and Ruiz head cast of 22 motivational storytellers
“The storytellers deal with a whole spectrum of inner issues. Like being too short; too unpopular; too boring; not bright enough; not talented enough; not nice enough; being too poor; too ‘stush’; too weird; too different; too ordinary. “Issues like being a middle child; an ‘unloved’ child; a rebellious child. …
Read More »Matura appoint Mulraine as head coach; Guaya close to naming La Forest’s successor
Former Trinidad and Tobago international midfielder Travis Mulraine will oversee Matura ReUnited’s return to the Super League this season, as he was appointed head coach of the second-tier club today. Mulraine, who has over 25 international caps for the “Red, White and Black” and played professionally in Germany and the …
Read More »Streete joins TTSL newcomers, RSSR, as coach; Matura unveil three-year ambitions
Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) rookies RSSR will not be short of tactical know-how on their bench this season, after the North Zone champions snagged veteran Pro League coach Anthony “Prowler” Streete for their 2019 season. Streete, a former St Ann’s Rangers and Club Sando head coach, will lead …
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