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There was a time when I would have laughed it off. But the moment the story of Chris Gayle’s latest ‘I ain’t leaving’ tweet came up in my feed, I went to YouTube to listen to Andre Tanker. Smokey Joe play a big-time mas./Purple velvet and shining brass./He went to …

Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team interim head coach Kenwyne Jones has promised a more balanced team this week, as he leads his troops to the Dominican Republic tomorrow for international friendlies on 26 and 29 November. Jones steered the Women Soca Warriors to successive draws against Panama at …

Dr Ian Hypolite: “[…] Team New Vision is therefore very concerned about a repetition of a pattern of gerrymandering at elections in the past through ‘ghost clubs’ and other non-transparent means…” George Comissiong: “[…] I personally do not have a difficulty sharing the list of delegates, once the additional information …

Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) president Merere Gonzales has suggested that vaccine hesitancy among Trinidad and Tobago’s student population could be a key factor in the Government’s decision to block schools football for the second successive season. Gonzales said the SSFL executive had been in communication with the ministries of …

We does win, dem does lorse. Mathematically, defending champions West Indies were knocked out of the 2021 T20 World Cup when they failed to beat Sri Lanka on Thursday 4 November. In fact, Kieron Pollard’s side were effectively out of the World Cup after they could only muster 55 in …

Arithmetic and algebra are not two sides of the same coin. You can be great at one, a complete dud at the other. Take, for example, Roger Harper. In defending the selection of tearaway pacer Oshane Thomas, the West Indies lead selector identified him as ‘an X factor’. But in …

Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Ricky Skerritt hailed the ‘strategic partnership’ between the regional entity and USA Cricket, as the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced today that the Caribbean and the United States will co-host the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. It is the first time that the Caribbean …

“[…] While we understand the rationale behind the decision to suspend to team sports, the WBC hopes to convince you that boxing—more than any other sport—is better positioned to be reintegrated into society at short notice.  “Indeed, in the execution of a boxing match, fewer than 10 individuals are in …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-20 Team are scheduled to return to action next February when the 2022 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship kicks off in the Dominican Republic. However, the Women’s National Under-20 Team are among a string of teams which have remained dormant since the Robert Hadad-led Fifa-appointed …

“[…] The win-loss results of the Phil Simmons-led coaching staff also suggest they should be immediately replaced. Of the 36 T20 International matches played since Simmons’ October 2019 reinstatement as head coach, West Indies won 14 and lost 17 while five ended as no results!  “[…] Our replacement suggestions would …

When your World Cup ends prematurely, you’re in more hell than Brown. You looked at the West Indies line-up, boasting in excess of 1500 T20 matches, more than 20,000 thousand T20 runs and over a 1,000 T20 wickets. “If deh beat we,” you told yourself confidently, “deh eat we!” So …

Former West Indies cricket stand-out Shivnarine Chanderpaul will work with the West Indies Under-19 squad as a batting consultant, as the ‘Rising Stars’ continue preparation for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, which will be hosted in the Caribbean from 4 January. Chanderpaul, who is the most capped player …