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In today’s Third ODI, West Indies won the toss, the only outcome that was not seemingly pre-ordained. They opted not to bat first; cynics who watched all three games might be tempted to omit the last word.  When they did eventually take their turn at the crease in Chattogram, halfway …

Trinidad and Tobago is among the countries winning the fight against Covid-19. This is according to the latest rankings by data tracking website endcoronavirus.org. The site rates countries as either ‘winning’, ‘nearly there’ or ‘needs action’, depending on the rolling seven-day average of their new confirmed cases. Also making the …

It’s enough to wipe the smile off your face. Or make you disrespect anyone else who is within earshot. On the radio on Friday morning, the announcer broke the news this way: “As expected, Bangladesh defeated the West Indies by seven wickets in the second ODI earlier today.” That she …

United States Men’s National Senior Team football coach Gregg Berhalter, as expected, named a young, largely inexperienced 25-man roster to face Trinidad and Tobago in a friendly international at the Exploria Stadium, Orlando on 31 January. The outing, which will be Terry Fenwick’s first international as Soca Warriors head coach, …

“[…] I have a dream; a dream in which the University of the West Indies upholds Sir Hilary [Beckles] as the Martin Luther King Jr of the Caribbean. “A dream where his phenomenal contribution to academia, sports and reparation justice for those who endured the dehumanising shackles of slavery and …

For some, it is belatedly and painfully sinking in that there will be no Carnival 2021. But what art forms have we lost? In answering this question I can look through a long lens, having been six years old when my mother first ‘disguised’ me. I have no specific memory …