The Trinidad and Tobago Girls High Performance programme will split its representative teams in two for the Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship, with each having its own staff, hotel and training days. The tournament starts on Monday 5 August with the two local teams scheduled to play at the Ato Boldon …
Read More »‘Army’ eliminated from Caribbean Shield; T&T clubs’ regional struggles continue
Defence Force’s Caribbean campaign lasted just 90 minutes, as they were eliminated after their first outing in the CFU Caribbean Club Shield competition yesterday evening. The Army/ Coast Guard combination fell 1-0 to Dominican Republic team Atletico Pantoja at the Ergilio Hato Stadium in Willemstad, Curaçao in the second-tier regional …
Read More »T&T Boys U14s and Girls U15s brace for August international tests
There will be maiden international tests for players and coaches alike when the Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-14 troops get going in the 2024 CFU Boys Under-14 Challenge Series next month on home soil. The young national team are led by former World Cup 2006 midfielder Densill Theobald, who …
Read More »SSFL 2024: Fatima travel to St Augustine, “Pres Lions” host E/Mucurapo—full Premier fixtures
Reigning Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division champions Fatima College will kick off their title defence away to newly promoted St Augustine Secondary on Warren Street, as the 2024 top flight schools football season kicks off on Wednesday 11 September. St Augustine, who were relegated in 2022, bounced straight …
Read More »CPL 24: Patriots draft Mayers; final team rosters confirmed
West Indies allrounder Kyle Mayers was the first pick of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) player draft, as teams completed their business and confirmed their T20 squads for the upcoming season. Mayers, who represented the Barbados Royals last season, will suit up for the Saint Kitts and …
Read More »Maverick TTPFL owner, Michael De Four, passes away in San F’do
Trinidad and Tobago Premier Football League (TTPFL) club owner Michael De Four passed away at the Intensive Care Unit of the San Fernando General Hospital, where he was warded for the past few days. Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Kieron Edwards confirmed De Four’s death via a press …
Read More »Rio Cardines signs pro deal with Palace, could end T&T’s 10-year Premiership absence
Versatile 18-year-old flanker Rio Cardines will aim to end Trinidad and Tobago’s decade-long absence from the England Premier League in the not-so-distant future, after the teenager agreed professional teams with Crystal Palace today. The Premier Division club confirmed that Cardines, who joined the Palace Under-16 team in 2022, is now …
Read More »Unplugged: Jereem Richards, Keshorn Walcott and Tyra Gittens speak from the heart
Jereem “The Dream” Richards hypnotises the Hasely Crawford Stadium, but there is pain and drama too on Day Two of the NGC NAAATT Open and Senior Champs. Jereem Richards, Keshorn Walcott and Tyra Gittens, three titans of local track and field, have an emotional message for Trinidad and Tobago sport …
Read More »T20WC24: Kohli, Suryakumar, Proteas give inspired India 2nd T20 title
They choked! Again! At the last hurdle, just the wrong time! At just the right time, struggling star batsman Virat Kohli found his form to help 2007 Champions India sneak past South Africa by seven runs at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday. The former skipper’s carefully constructed 76 (59 …
Read More »NGC/NAAATT Jnr & Snr Champs: Aaron Antoine endures tough opening day
Star attraction Aaron Antoine faces up to tough physical challenge while Tenique Vincent, Keneisha Shelbourne and Peyton Winter make encouraging starts on Day One of 2024 NGC NAAATT Junior and Senior Championship: More from Wired868 Defiant NAAATT Junior and Senior Champs draw curtain on 2024 Trinidad and Tobago’s 4x100m relay …
Read More »T20WC24: India avenge 2022 England defeat; set up final clash of unbeaten teams
A measured third-wicket partnership of 73 between skipper Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav put India in the driver’s seat in the T20 World Cup semifinal in Providence, Guyana today. On a track where the bounce remained low throughout, the pair got India to a just-above-par score of 171—a sub-par England …
Read More »T20WC24: Shamsi, Jansen demolish Afghanistan; South Africa coast into first final
Riding high after qualifying for their first ever World Cup semi-final, Afghanistan were yesterday brought very low—56 all out—by South Africa. At the Brian Lara Academy in Tarouba, Aiden Markram’s men reached their target for the loss of just one wicket to book a place in a World Cup final …
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