West Indies cricket legend Brian Lara will sit on a three-man committee mandated to “conduct a comprehensive review” of the West Indies’ humiliating group stage exit from the recent ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced today that its: “ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Review Group …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Arima go back to Siparia as Big 5 returns, S/Juan on course for fifth zonal title
Arima North Secondary will return to the job of winning promotion to the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division from this Sunday, as the Big 5 competition resumes after a three-week break. The “Dial Dynamos” are away to South Zone champions, Siparia West Secondary, from 3.30pm at the Siparia …
Read More »“A significant loss!” Ex-PNM senator and UWI lecturer Dr Lester Henry passes away
Senior UWI lecturer and former PNM senator Dr Lester Henry passed away last night at his home from a heart attack. He celebrated his 61st birthday on Thursday 20 October. Henry, an economist, was recently appointed to the board of the NGC and attended a board meeting shortly before his …
Read More »CWI announces Simmons’ departure, days after Skerritt vowed “solutions will be found”
West Indies coach Phil Simmons appears set to pay the price for his team’s shambolic exit from the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, as the Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced his impending exit today. Simmons, according to a CWI release, “will be stepping down from his role as head …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Siparia West host Arima North, CIC at home in Big 5 opener
Siparia West Secondary will host Arima North Secondary from 3.30pm on Saturday 29 October in the first confirmed Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Big Five fixture. In the other match on the same day, St Mary’s College welcome the Central Zone champions to Serpentine Road from 3.30pm. At present, though, …
Read More »TTFA replaces Anton Corneal as technical director, with Anton Corneal!
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s selected candidate to replace departed technical director Anton Corneal is, in fact, Anton Corneal. Less than two months after resigning his post as TTFA technical director, Corneal has returned to the helm—“effective immediately”. The TTFA Media released a statement from Corneal this evening that confirmed his about-turn, after …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Bishop’s v Scarborough postponed; Siparia West, CIC and Arima near zonal titles
Today’s scheduled top of the table Tobago Boys Championship Division match between Bishop’s High School and Scarborough Secondary is now the second game of the 2022 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season to be postponed due to a Covid-19 scare. A release from the SSFL today revealed that the fixture …
Read More »SSFL 2022: Championship set to resume with key Friday clashes carded; Chaguanas v Moruga moved
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive committee will wait until Friday morning to render a verdict on whether the next round of Championship Division matches will play as scheduled. The SSFL postponed all Under-14 and Girls Championship Division matches rostered for today. However, if the skies continue to hold, …
Read More »SSFL postpones Premier matches “due to inclement weather”; “Naps” vs Benedict’s on pause
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive has postponed all Premier Division games scheduled for today, “due to the inclement weather”. The games will now be moved “to a date to be fixed”. The decision follows heavy rainfall this morning with flooding across parts of the country. Today’s marquee match-up …
Read More »Central Boys Championship games postponed due to Covid scare; Premier fixture change
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive committee announced the postponement of all Central Zone Boys Championship Division matches this week due to a Covid-19 scare. The decision was taken, according to the SSFL, “due to the fact that students from Presentation College (Chaguanas) and Couva East Secondary are exhibiting …
Read More »Adams: We won’t compromise team’s ability to prepare! WI drop Hetmyer after two missed flights
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) selection panel has cut talented batsman Shimron Hetmyer from its ICC T20 World Cup team, after the 25-year-old cricketer’s apparent reluctance to board a flight to Australia. Hetmyer, according to a CWI press release, missed two flights to Australia and wore out the patience of …
Read More »Court accepts TTFA debt repayment plan, as Warner withdraws case after Fenwick/Miller compromise
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) can finally begin paying off its creditors—under terms agreed in May—after High Court Judge Devindra Rampersad accepted its proposed debt repayment plan yesterday. The key sticking point was legal objects raised by the British duo of former coach Terry Fenwick and salesman Peter …
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