Former Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team assistant coach Hutson ‘Baba’ Charles confirmed that he was still a member of head coach Angus Eve’s technical staff up until 23 September, when the Soca Warriors resumed training at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex. It means that Eve’s decision to replace …
Read More »T2021 W/C: Fitness fears haunt WI fast men; should Gayle mirror India’s MS Dhoni?
I wish to leave veteran West Indies batsman Chris Gayle aside for the moment and turn my attention to a not unrelated issue. My interest in the fitness of West Indies players and the granting of medical exemptions has been further piqued with the recent injury struggles faced by the …
Read More »Fantasy football: Mo masterclass keeps Kapil Ramcharan top; Ramrattan and Saunders strike
A brilliant solo effort from Liverpool forward Mohammed Salah helped the Merseyside outfit continue their unbeaten start to the 2021/22 England Premier League season on Sunday, as they drew 2-2 with defending champions Manchester City. And, at least as important, it kept Kapil Ramcharan’s ‘A Kevin 3Pointer’ atop the Wired868 …
Read More »T2021 W/C: A tale of two Gayles—veteran’s IPL exit might make Harper’s defenders blush
He was once the best of them. But don’t blush, baby! He may now be the worst of them. Or close to it… The day was 21 September 2021 and the self-proclaimed ‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle was celebrating his 42nd birthday. It was the first game of the re-started IPL …
Read More »CPL 2021: ‘Reds’ and McWatt review 2021 edition, suggest new franchises, umpiring reviews and more
“[…] Our suggestion would be for the CPL to explore the possibility of allowing franchises based in Florida and Toronto… The 17 member rosters of the Canada and US franchises could also comprise nine local players, five born in the Caribbean and three internationally based. “In addition to providing much-needed …
Read More »Charles: ‘They sacrificed me’; Eve replaces T&T assistant coach in apparent cost-cutting move
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve resumed training on 23 September with 21 new additions to his 28-man squad since the July 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup. However, neither Eve nor the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), run by a Fifa-appointed normalisation committee, mentioned the …
Read More »T2021 W/C: In spin-friendly conditions, will WI miss Hosein? Did Ramdin pay for ‘un-West Indian approach’?
It is time, some say, for Romario Shepherd to be on the side. Some suggest that he should have got the nod over Ravi Rampaul, a soon-to-be-37-year-old seamer whose once-blossoming international career nose-dived in the wake of injury and weight issues. That was then. Now he is back, in a …
Read More »TTOC’s must-read nameless magazine tells stark truths about Tokyo—and beyond
After the 2020 false start, T&T athletes sweated, cried and bled as they prepared to face the Olympic starters in 2021. While they did so, some of the country’s most accomplished and known sport journalists assembled their own Team TTO to come up with an interesting mix of nostalgia, analysis …
Read More »T2021 W/C: Jackman sees flawed logic in calls to drop Gayle and add Holder to WI squad
“[…] For years the destroyer of bowling attacks, Chris Gayle is but a shadow of the fearsome figure he once was. His run production rapidly declining in recent years, he has endured a near-barren 2021 for both WI and the Patriots. “[…] If, as the multitude insists, Gayle cannot be …
Read More »Sport Ministry pays out TT$3.3 m in grant funding, describes sport as ‘valuable stakeholder’
The Ministry of Sport and Community Development paid out TT$3.3 m in grant funding to ‘a combination of national governing bodies, community sporting groups, and athletes’ on Monday at the Ministry’s headquarters in Nicholas Tower, Independence Square, Port-of-Spain. The payments, according to a media statement, were made via the Ministry’s …
Read More »Fantasy Football: A moment of tranquility at the top as Kapil, Flex and Mattheus cop Sept prizes
The England Premier League table’s top four clubs at the end of match day six were Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Manchester United. You may quibble about the order of the quartet—justifiably! (cough cough)—but things look to be settling down. For Wired868 Lime Kickers fantasy players, the devil was in …
Read More »Bol unveils ‘fresh design’ for T&T Women, as ‘Indian’ face replaced with ‘celebratory female’
Bol, the kit supplier for the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), revealed ‘fresh kit designs for the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National team’ today. Women Soca Warriors midfielder Victoria Swift, who plays professionally for León in Mexico, helped model the new gear which had just one noticeable change from …
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