Trinidad and Tobago will hope to benefit from the expansion of the Fifa Men’s Under-17 World Cup when the Concacaf qualifying series kicks off next February. Fifa will stage the next five editions of its Men’s Under-17 World Cup in Qatar. And the major changes in the format are the …

Derrel “Zoom Zoom” Garcia, once again, was the star of the show as St Benedict’s College inched closer to the 2024 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division title, with a 2-0 victory over Presentation College (San Fernando) in a top-of-the-table duel at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella today. Questions …

St Benedict’s College’s 2024 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division title chase—or, more accurately, the school’s use of form four student Derrel “Zoom Zoom” Garcia—now appears to be under probe by no less an authority than the Ministry of Education. And the implications can go far deeper than a …

“[…] For the last 30 years, we in the Caribbean have been producing pitches that are more suitable to spin bowling for our batsmen to practise on as well as a plethora of slow bowlers for our batsmen to practise against. “Yet, every year, in every series, they just appear …

“Foodstuffs have a shortage daily, business places burning in the city/ Before they watch these things seriously, the whole meeting is a comedy/ “Ridicule —- fatigue giving, and all of the members laughing/While they having a good time, we catching we royal behind.” Explainer, Kicksin in Parliament (1979). It was …

Gifted San Juan North Secondary schoolboy Lindell Sween chose an appropriate time to burst to life this afternoon as the eastern outfit claimed three valuable points with a 3-0 triumph over Speyside High at Bourg Mulatresse. The result not only offered San Juan North (13 points) some space from the …

Hillview College and Scarborough Secondary will be chasing their maiden appearances in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division when the 2024 Big Five competition kicks off on Friday 25 October. Hillview College are East Zone Championship winners, just 12 months after winning promotion from the third tier Senior …

San Juan North Secondary and Speyside High will clash a day ahead of schedule at Bourg Mulatresse tomorrow, as the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division enters Match Day 13. The change in date is due to travel complications for the visiting Speyside team. At the end of the …

How about mixing it up a bit? Two West Indies cricket T20 encounters last Tuesday. The men played their second match against Sri Lanka, and the women challenged England for a semi-final spot in the World Cup. At the tenth over, the women were 89-0, with openers Hayley Matthews and …

The People’s National Movement (the PNM) tersely announced last week: “The People’s National Movement wishes to advise that its 51st Annual Convention, as well as the internal election, originally scheduled for Sunday 17 November 2024, has been cancelled.” The PNM is currently the party in government having been elected for …

Arima North Secondary striker Tyrell Stapleton went from hero to villain at the Arima Velodrome this evening but his team did enough to get the better of St Mary’s College 2-0 in their Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division encounter. Stapleton broke the deadlock for Arima in the 31st …

Emceeing the Revue Calypso Tent’s show in 1972, night after night, the Mighty Stalin introduced Kelvin Pope in the same way: “So, ladies and gentlemen, here without further ado is that four-king four-cup four car Duke.” Famously, of course, over the four years immediately preceding ’72, the Mighty Duke had …