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Five of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division’s 16 teams are from the North Zone, which has traditionally done well at schoolboy level over the years. However—despite the previous glory years of the likes of Queen’s Royal College, St Mary’s College, Belmont Secondary, Malick Secondary and St Anthony’s …

For the first ten overs of their innings in their penultimate qualifying round game against Dwayne Bravo’s Trinbago Knight Riders at Kensington Oval in Barbados last night, Kieron Pollard’s Barbados Tridents looked dead and almost buried. But a fighting record eighth wicket partnership of 47 between Wayne Parnell (44, 35 …

With his team having only three points and three goals to show from their six CONCACAF Hex outings before last night, National Senior Team coach Dennis Lawrence expected the Soca Warriors to show real fire in their bellies. He didn’t see it. Not for long anyway. Honduras extinguished it early, …

Trinidad and Tobago still have a mathematical chance of getting to the Russia 2018 World Cup through the FIFA Play-off route but it seems naive to the point of unrealistic to expect it now. At home, the Soca Warriors just were not good enough and, in a bottom-of-the-table CONCACAF Hex clash, …

By 10pm tonight, the Russia 2018 World Cup dreams of either Trinidad and Tobago or Honduras are likely to lie in ruins at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The two nations are bottom and second from bottom respectively in the CONCACAF Hex standings and in dire need of three …

“Why does FIFA need to approve Trinidad and Tobago players from a Trinidad and Tobago league?” The question comes from a bemused Trinidad and Tobago Super League President Keith Look Loy, who is convinced that the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is employing delaying tactics to destroy his and …

“We’ve lost too many games; we need to start changing the results.” Trinidad and Tobago head coach Dennis Lawrence knows that tomorrow’s crucial 2018 World Cup qualifier against Honduras at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva is a make-or-break encounter for his team. But as the Soca Warriors prepare for …

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The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-17 team advanced to the final Caribbean stage of the Uruguay 2018 World Cup qualifying round on Sunday night—but only just. After romping past Curaçao (7-0) and the US Virgin Islands (13-0) in their opening two group matches at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, …

Glorious uncertainties notwithstanding, If Jason Holder’s West Indians save the Second Test against England currently in progress at Headingley, Leeds, I shall eat my hat and shave off all my hair. If WI win it, I shall eat all the hair as well. After the major cutarse the home side …

A boundary-filled half-century by Brendon McCullum saw the Trinbago Knight Riders to a comfortable 36-run win over the Jamaica Tallawahs at Sabina Park last night. It was the Knight Riders’ eighth victory in nine matches this season and it both avenged the first round defeat last night’s visitors suffered in …

Trinidad and Tobago winger Joevin Jones has admitted that he owes his country a big performance in the CONCACAF Hex and described next Friday’s Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier against Honduras as “a final.” Jones was the Soca Warriors’ leading scorer in the semifinal round with three goals, including a …