The Trinidad and Tobago Police service yesterday revealed the discovery of a “horrifying” criminal target range in a forested area off Unity Lane, Diego Martin with over 3,000 spent shells from various high calibre weapons. What? Are you still reading? No; that’s it. The policemen returned to the station and …

David Luiz, the Brazilian defender with the “Sideshow Bob” locks, finally took centre stage today as the host nation produced its most assured performance of the 2014 World Cup thus far to edge Colombia 2-1 today. But Brazil was battered and bruised by the final whistle. And we don’t just …

More proof of Lionel Messi’s outer-worldly blessings: when the Argentine captain cannot get the job done, he delegates to an Angel! There was a new name on the Argentina score sheet today but a similar outcome as the South American hopefuls advanced to the Brazil 2014 World Cup quarterfinal round …

France coach Didier Deschamps reaped the benefits of voting “PP” today as 21-year-old rising star Paul Pogba grabbed the decisive goal and produced an assured performance as his team saw off Nigeria 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinal stage. The Nigerian outfit acquitted itself well but no one—not even team …

One man hitting a post has not provoked so much interest since Minister Two Pull tried to roll himself a smoke. The “Samba Boys” go through; but it was a survival story as Mauricio Pinilla and Gonzalo Jaro both hit the frame of the goalmouth. There was no “joga bonito” …

The Ghana football team spent the last 24 hours before yesterday’s crucial World Cup group match scouring the skies for signs of their $3 million dollar plane, cussing out its coach and slapping team officials. It was just enough to get noticed by the international media on a day when …

Prologue: On 26 June 2014, FIFA announced that Uruguay striker Luis Suarez would be banned for nine official international matches and from all football-related activity for four months, during which time he is not even allowed into any football stadium. The ban is the result of an incident between Suarez …

Blatter (verb: copyright Wired868) To mask ruthless, calculating intent behind veneer of simplistic incompetence; To play the sap until opponent is exposed and then strike with clinical precision. In the media, there were reports of a climb-down from the political leader and an about-turn in the face of persistent and …

It is irrefutable now. Uruguay and Liverpool striker Luis Suarez either needs a psychologist or a new dietician. For the third time in his professional career, Suarez bit an opponent during a football match today as, en route to a 1-0 win for the South American nation, the gifted attacker …

The Brazil 2014 World Cup has dominated conversations all over the globe and, in the past week, there was finally irrefutable evidence about which nation got stuck in the “Group of Death.” Spain? Not even close. More like Port of Spain. A four-day long weekend was a chance for families …

Forever the fashionista, Cristiano Ronaldo was fashionably late to the Brazil 2014 World Cup with a gorgeous assist to teammate Silvestre Varela as Portugal scored in the closing seconds of extra time today to hold the United States 2-2 at the Arena Amazonia. The result gave Portugal and Ghana a …

Two games and two wins for Argentina with two spectacular goals from its captain and talisman Lionel Messi. So what’s the problem? It was a close shave again for starters. Iran offered Argentina’s attackers as much as courtesy as they might normally extend to UN nuclear weapon inspectors. Elsewhere in …