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Writing is a solitary experience. It’s you and your thoughts—all the chatter is internal. I do not quiver at the notion of solitude; I’m quite happy to be ensconced within my brain. When I finished with the book I had been working on for five or six years, Son of …

Bazball brings a broad smile to British faces. It brings back very happy memories, but not from before the last decade. Mention, however, the nameless West Indian brand or Barbados—or Babylon—and what we get is a scowl. Or a furrowed brow. Not easy to erase is the memory of what …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is poised to change the travel plans of its Men’s National Under-17 Team in what looks to be the first meaningful change of the new Kieron Edwards-led executive. The young Soca Warriors were due to depart today for a seven-day camp in Florida. …

History, we West Indians are acutely aware, is written for the most part by the victors. So, although the West Indies have only beaten England seven times in the last 11 series since the end of 2000, in mid-April, British cricket writer Scyld Berry brought the late Tony Cozier to …

West Indies white-ball head coach Daren Sammy hopes to use a tour of Nepal to refine his options for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, as Cricket West Indies announced a 15-man A team squad today. The excursion marks the first time that West Indies will travel to Nepal …

Trendsetter Hawks and Cox Coaching School got decisive triumphs in the Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL) this weekend, as the final adjustments to the knockout bracket were made. Trendsetter moved from second to first place in the North Zone Under-16 competition, as they saw off Santa Cruz United …