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Terminix La Horquetta Rangers coach Dave ‘Hoghead’ Quamina, for once, was not readily available for an interview after Wednesday night’s 4-1 win over Prison Service FC in their Ascension Invitational Tournament fixture at Phase Two in La Horquetta. Quamina was not the only person missing in action. Rangers’ 20-man outfit …

Prodigal son, Kieron Pollard, captained the Trinbago Knight Riders to a tense victory on debut with fellow debutant Jimmy Neesham, producing the all-round goods to deny the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the Caribbean Premier League 2019 opener at the Queen’s Park Oval on Wednesday. Patriots won the toss …

The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) continues to evolve, according to president William Wallace at the official launch of the 2019 season, held at Fatima College Auditorium today. Wallace, who was re-elected unopposed in May, was joined at the head table by an almost full starting eleven of sponsors, who …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s National Football Committee, charged with restarting domestic football, has ruled that the privately-funded Ascension Invitational Tournament be denied an extension while clubs wait on taxpayers’ money to start the 2019 Pro League season instead. The Committee also endorsed the Pro League’s invitation for Trinidad …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence took a broom to his squad today with 10 changes to his 2019 Gold Cup outfit, as they prepare to kick off their Concacaf Nations League campaign with fixtures against Martinique on September 6 (away) and 9 (Couva). Lawrence’s …

Defence Force (22 points) maintained their slender one-point lead in Division One of the Ascension Invitational Tournament yesterday, as they eased to a 3-1 victory over FC Santa Rosa at the Hasely Crawford Stadium training field. Meanwhile, in Guayaguayare, Morvant Caledonia AIA (21 points) stayed hot on the heels of …

The star-studded Terminix La Horquetta Rangers (LHR) outfit missed the chance to make up ground on the frontrunners in Division One of the Ascension Invitational Tournament last night, as they played to a goalless draw with Club Sando at Phase Two La Horquetta. In their five Ascension matches to date, …

Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and general secretary Camara David have again drawn criticism over their supposed disregard for the local football body’s constitution, as stakeholders look forward to the 2019 elections. Veteran administrator Osmond Downer, who is the Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association (TTFRA) …

CWI’s Interim Chairman of Selectors Robert Haynes and his merry men have named a minimally changed West Indies 13 for the Second Test against India, which starts in Jamaica tomorrow. I would say that the selected squad is nothing to write home about but is that really news? The squad …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has taken it upon itself to rescue the immediate future of the domestic game, after a vote at a board meeting this afternoon at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The defunct League Commission, chaired by businessman Lindsay Gillette and guided by a …

The legal team of Jamaican sprinter Briana Williams has released a statement seeking an expedited hearing with the Jamaican Independent Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel after the World Under-20 gold-medallist tested positive for the banned diuretic hydrochlorothiazide.  The sprinter, who is coached by four-time Olympic medalist Ato Boldon, blames cold and flu …

No reports have so far emerged to tell us just how Jason Holder’s West Indies spent the bonus off-day they got on Monday following their 318-run four-day defeat by Virat Kohli’s India. But you don’t have to be a sceptic to doubt that some significant fraction of the extra 24-hour …