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“It was an easy game,” said Cunupia FC coach Michael De Four, as he mused over his outfit’s 5-2 thrashing of FC Santa Rosa in Ascension Invitational action last night. “[…] We didn’t get much from the game in terms of learning as a team because they didn’t offer us …

A few months ago, when the Trinidad and Tobago government granted asylum-seeking Venezuelans temporary residence, many joked that the Venezuelans had now made this country their own. Last night, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, the Venezuela Under-15 team definitely looked at home as they bossed and outclassed the Trinidad and …

Women’s football stakeholders are again accusing Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and his support staff—including general secretary Camara David—of sexism and disrespect, after the Women’s National Under-17 Team were again left without a chance to wear ‘red, black and white’ at the ongoing TTFA Youth Invitational …

“I would like to state that there is no poaching taking place from Mr David John-Williams or W Connection. Or at least I can say clearly that for Josiah Wilson there has been no persuasion by people to leave one team for the other. Youths grow and progress and, as …

Scoring four goals and still finishing second best is never a good evening. But for the Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-15 team, playing their first match of the TTFA Youth Invitational Tournament on Wednesday 17 July at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, the 5-4 defeat to Panama had a …

Yeah, I take the piss out of it all the time. I think I’m one of the luckiest people on the planet. If any of my mates ask on the phone, “What are you up to?” I just say “I’m hanging around, waiting for a bit of luck, mate.”  He …

Which of the ten teams in the World Cup tournament that England won yesterday had the most players with surnames beginning with the letter A? And which one had the most players who have the same initial for first name and surname? Do you know? Do you care? My boyhood …

Trinidad and Tobago Boys’ National Under-15 Team head coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier has announced his 20-man squad for this week’s TTFA Youth Invitational Tournament. The Boys National Under-15s, who are captained by Trendsetter Hawks midfielder Jaheim Marshall, will play Panama, Venezuela and Mexico on 17, 19 and 21 July respectively while …

Defence Force FC got their Ascension Invitational Tournament campaign off to a solid start yesterday with a 2-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) outfit Cunupia FC at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. Goals either side of halftime by veteran marksman Devorn Jorsling and defender Jerome McIntyre …

A yard and a half! Arguably already influenced by a fine, World Cup 2019’s finest hour was finally settled by that fine a margin at Lord’s yesterday; in fact, the official margin of victory was calculated on the countback of England’s 26 boundaries to Kane Williamson’s New Zealand’s 17. On …

Trinidad and Tobago international forwards Trevin Caesar and Marcus ‘Lobo’ Joseph helped themselves to a treble each as the Ascension Invitational Tournament completed its second day of action yesterday. Caesar, who spent his last five years abroad and represented SC Gjilani in Kosovo last season, marked his return to the …

Between the end of the World Cup in the Caribbean and Ricky Skerritt’s welcome ouster of Dave Cameron in March, I have rarely got excited about the outcome of a West Indies cricket match. I did get genuinely worked up about Darren Sammy’s side’s 2012 T20 World Cup victory and …