The Trinidad and Tobago Table Tennis Association (TTTTA) runs the risk of missing out on the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games as its legal stand-off with the France-based duo of Dexter St Louis and Rheann Chung heads into its final act. Yesterday morning, High Court Judge Eleanor Donaldson-Honeywell ruled that …
Read More »Haiti make histoire! French-speaking islanders take maiden World Cup spot; Mexico edge USA
Roughly two dozen Haitian teenagers made history for the French-speaking islanders this evening at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva when Haiti booked their first-ever berth at a FIFA Women’s World Cup after a 1-0 triumph over Canada. It will be only the Caribbean nation’s second appearance in a FIFA …
Read More »USA need penalties to hurdle Haiti; Mexico also use shootout route to eclipse Canada
The United States held off a feisty Haitian outfit to qualify for their eighth straight CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship final at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva tonight. But only just, as they defeated a 10-member Haiti squad 3-0 on kicks from the penalty spot after a 1-1 draw in …
Read More »Team Thema: No comment; Gymnast focuses on TTGF battle as former doctor jailed for up to 175 years
Trinidad and Tobago gymnast Thema Williams will not comment on the sex scandal that has engulfed her former United States coach John Geddert and his Twistars USA Gymnastics Club doctor Larry Nassar. Geddert, who coached USA’s gold medal-winning London 2012 Olympics team, was Williams’ coach in the lead-up to the …
Read More »USA hold off Mexico to top group; set up CONCACAF semifinal date with Haiti
The United States and Mexico booked their final dance partners today as the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship enters its business end on Friday at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. USA, who won the last four successive CONCACAF Under-20 tournaments and five of the Confederation’s seven competitions at this level, …
Read More »Dennecia scores again but Costa Rica hand T&T third straight CONCACAF defeat
Trinidad and Tobago ended their CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship campaign with a third successive defeat this evening, falling 2-1 to Costa Rica at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. For the third straight match, the Junior Women Soca Warriors scored first—this time, through bustling forward Dennecia Prince. But, yet again, …
Read More »Huitema hattrick hero as Canada KO feisty T&T; hosts sunk after controversial red card
Trinidad and Tobago gave CONCACAF giants, Canada, a scare but, in the end, were eliminated with a group match to spare as they fell 4-1 tonight in CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship action at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Lanky striker Jordyn Huitema lived up to her billing for Canada …
Read More »Judah Garcia and Ranae Ward are SSFL MVPs; Riley and “Mama” Joseph fail to make Top 5
Shiva Boys’ Hindu College playmaker Judah Garcia and Bishop Anstey (Port-of-Spain) midfield maestro Ranae Ward were the big winners yesterday as the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) toasted its stars of the 2017 season. Garcia led Shiva Boys to the Coca-Cola National Intercol and South Intercol titles while Ward inspired …
Read More »U-20 Women: USA down Nicaragua while Mexico whip foreign-assembled Jamaicans
United States and Mexico made confident starts to their CONCACAF 2018 Women’s Under-20 Championship campaigns today as they swept past gutsy but outclassed opposition in Nicaragua and Jamaica respectively at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. USA have won five of the seven editions of this tournament played thus far …
Read More »U-20 Women: Haiti makes T&T sorry, Mondésir trick KOs hosts despite Princely start
Haiti Women’s National Under-20 Team captain and forward Nérilia Mondésir turned 19 on Wednesday and, by all appearances, she opted to celebrate her birthday a day late. Trinidad and Tobago enjoyed the perfect start to their CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva tonight. But, by the final …
Read More »Anatomy of a table tennis racket: the seismic case of Chung/St Louis vs the TTTTA
“I was unfairly bypassed for selection for the 2018 Commonwealth Games,” stated France-based Trinidad and Tobago international table tennis star, Rheann Chung. “I was neither given an opportunity nor informed of any trial events for selection by the TTTTA, despite my previous contributions as a national of Trinidad and Tobago, …
Read More »Team ‘Speng’ prevail: Glen and Martin tip scales at Wired868 Football Festival VI
The Darin “Speng” Lewis XI didn’t have to wait long for revenge as they stole bragging rights in the Wired868 Football Festival VI with a 2-1 triumph over the Wired868 XI at UWI’s St Augustine Campus. Central to “Team Speng’s” triumph was the performance of the UTT duo of goalkeeper …
Read More »