Bishop’s High School managed their second positive result of the season today, as they held Trinity College East 2-2 in Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division action in Tobago. The result moved Bishop’s off the foot of the table and up to 14th in the 16-team standings. However, with …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team picked up their first point of the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup qualifying campaign tonight, as they drew goalless with Puerto Rico at the Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium in Bayamon. And, mathematically, the Women Soca Warriors remain with a chance to advance. …

“[…] Critics will interpret and skew statistics to form all kinds of narratives… The question we ought to be asking is: in 2022, who was the best football player in the world? “All hail the king, the greatest player the sport has ever seen. When Messi decides to stop being …

“[…] Chaguanas North Secondary has waited until the penultimate round of the SSFL Premiership division competition, for its maiden opportunity to be showcased on Sportsmax, while other schools have had multiple showings in that time—only to discover [on Saturday] that the fixture will not be aired live. “[…] The players …

“The lie of a pipe dream is what gives life to the whole misbegotten mad lot of us, drunk or sober.” Eugene O’Neill. Media scrutiny of all criminal incidents has heightened in recent months and intensified with the promise of “crime talks” between the Government and the Opposition. I admit …

BC Pires, renowned writer and journalist, recently deceased at age 65, was encouraging when I became a weekly columnist.  Whatever the bite of his satire, BC could always be kind and affable. On one occasion I met him by chance on the steps of the Hall of Justice and he …

I relate this tale because I’ve discovered it is a common one and I hope that people will be encouraged to make public their experiences with credit unions and other financial institutions. It is a story about an organisation that is founded on a premise of helping others with compassion, …

The last time that Fatima College conquered the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL), there was an alarming escalation in the Israel-Palestine conflict, Trinidad and Tobago had a doctor as prime minister and Argentina were World Cup champions. Déjà vu? Ever since St Benedict’s College started off their 2023 Premier Division …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team are rock bottom of Group A and unlikely to qualify for the Concacaf W Gold Cup, after suffering a draining 2-1 defeat to Puerto Rico at the Hasely Crawford Stadium last night. The Women Soca Warriors now travel to Puerto Rico for …

“Assholes!” Bobby shouts after the two half-naked young men as they fly around and past us like a speeding bus on Monday morning. And after one last, long look at the bare disappearing backs of the boy bandits, he resumes our interrupted conversation in his normal voice. “Which is also …

Fatima College are a whisker away from their first Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division title, as the northern outfit maintained their five-point gap over St Benedict’s College and San Juan North today, with a 4-0 win over Trinity College East on Mucurapo Road. Three more points would do …

Mahal was the walking legend in Trinidad from the 1930s to the early 60s. He pretended to drive a car while he, in fact, walked or trotted. He made hand signals and blew his horn as though he had a car. An anecdote reflects us in Al Ramsawack’s story on …