Trinidad and Tobago were far from the anomaly yesterday as Concacaf revealed that more than half of the nations involved in the opening round of Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying matches have conceded home advantage, due mostly to their respectively Covid-19 protocols. Seventeen from 30 nations will play their home …

Veteran batsman Chris Gayle, 41, will wear the maroon strip next month, as he was recalled to the West Indies limited overs team, which will face Sri Lanka from 3 March at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua. Gayle joins experienced pacer Fidel Edwards, 39, as well as spinners Akeal Hosein, …

TV6 Morning Edition host Fazeer Mohammed has Wired868 director Lasana ‘Burdie’ Liburd and former Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-15 Team assistant football coach Wayne ‘Barney’ Sheppard over to discuss Wired868’s new football-related podcast, The Burdie and Barney Show: More from Wired868 Calling Caribbean university students: Boost job prospects and …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) will play its opening Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifier against Guyana at the Pan American Stadium, San Cristobal in the Dominican Republic on 25 March. The decision was relayed to the media this afternoon, just hours after Minister of Sport and Community Development …

Tobago received 200 doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday. These doses were from the 2,000 given to T&T by the government of Barbados. Frontline healthcare workers will get their shots starting Saturday 20 February. The Ministry of Health’s vaccine rollout began on Wednesday 17 February when the first …

Former Strike Squad and United Petrotrin midfielder Larry Joseph passed away today at the age of 56. Joseph, a skilful, mobile ball handler, represented Trinidad and Tobago in the 1986 and 1990 World Cup qualifying campaigns. Following his retirement, he continued to play for the Strike Squad in exhibition matches …

Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith, in his trademark rhetoric, responded to concerns expressed by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Senator David Nakhid about the deaths of Andrew ‘Solo’ Morris and Joel Belcon while in police custody with personal attacks today, via a Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) release. Griffith …

The Ministry of Health reported four new confirmed cases of Covid-19 today. No new deaths were recorded, so the death toll stays at 138. Since March, 7,646 people have tested positive for the Sars-Cov-2 virus. The first half of February has seen a nearly 65% drop in new cases when …

An elderly man with comorbidities has died due to Covid-19, the Ministry of Health reported today. His death brings the total number of fatalities related to the disease to 137. Men continue to be the hardest hit by the disease, accounting for nearly three-quarters of all fatalities. Men over 60, …

The Ministry of Health reported no new cases of Covid-19 for the first time since November 2020 today, Friday 5 February 2021. So far, the first week of the month has seen 34 new cases of the virus. That brings the total number of Covid-19 cases since March to 7,607. …

Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced a five-year deal with BT Sport for the exclusive live coverage in the UK of all West Indies international home matches played in the Caribbean. The agreement includes all West Indies Men’s and Women’s home internationals. CWI president Ricky Skerritt said: “Our tour to England …

Track stars Machel Cedenio and Sparkle McKnight, Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) club Bethel United, the Memphis Sports Club, and WI Sport were among 13 athletes and sporting organisations who received funding from the Ministry of Sport and Community Development (MSCD), at its head office in Nicholas Tower, Independence …