When Austin ‘Jack’ Warner speaks about football administration issues and nuances, especially as it relates to Trinidad and Tobago, my advice is to listen. Jack began with: “Trinidad and Tobago [are] basically grasping at straws where qualification to the 2026 FIFA World Cup is concerned.” I understand the difficulty for …
Read More »RBCPL24: Charles reigns as St Lucia Kings lord it over Royals again
Before Saint Lucia Kings’ second game in as many days versus Barbados Royals at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence earlier on Sunday, the highest total after three games on the turning surface was the 137 scored by home team Guyana Amazon Warriors on Friday night. Putting it kindly, the …
Read More »RBCPL24: Moeen paces Warriors, as Falcons fail in top four bid
On a Providence pitch that made batting no easy task, defending champions Guyana Amazon Warriors struggled and struggled and then struggled some more. And then, in Match 23 of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which they won by 27 runs on Saturday evening, came Moeen Ali. Actually, …
Read More »SSFL 24: Phillip bags double but St Mary’s held 2-2 by Signal Hill
St Mary’s College skipper Kyle Phillip notched a double against Signal Hill Secondary at Serpentine Road in St Clair today, although it was not enough to give the home team all three points—as they had to settle for a 2-2 draw with their Tobagonian guests. The outing marked a debut …
Read More »RBCPL24: Alzarri sizzles as St Lucia Kings romp home over Barbados Royals
Barbados Royals captain Rovman Powell won the toss in Match 22 of the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL). He figured that, his team having already qualified for the playoffs, he’d have a bat. He figured too that, on a turning track at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence, …
Read More »RBCPL24: Hetmyer, Joseph steal show for dominant Warriors against STKNP
Shamar Joseph and Shimron Hetmyer dominated the proceedings at Providence in Guyana on Friday when the Guyana Amazon Warriors beat the already eliminated Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 30 runs. But Ryan John was in the spotlight. Not in a good way. In the 20th and final over of …
Read More »SSFL24: CIC hire Glen; Grayson lifts lid on alleged issues at “Saints”
Former Club Sando head coach and ex-Soca Warriors standout Cornell Glen will lead the St Mary’s College football team for the foreseeable future, after he was installed as replacement to Michael Grayson yesterday. Glen, 43, heads a new four-member technical staff which includes assistant coach Abdallah Phillips, goalkeeper coach Clayton …
Read More »RBCPL24: Hungover TKR fall to Falcons again in incident-filled face-off
Kuchoor! Imad Wasim was given not out LBW off Sunil Narine. And then out. And then not out. And then… In the end, the visitors duly completed it by 6 wickets, posting 135 for 4 in reply to TKR’s paltry 134 for 8 at the Queen’s Park Oval on Thursday. …
Read More »SSFL24: “I won’t tolerate disrespect!” Grayson quits St Mary’s post; Glen tipped for job
Struggling North Zone football team, St Mary’s College, have become the first school to part ways with their football coach in the 2024 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division season. This morning, veteran coach Michael Grayson—a SSFL hall of famer for his work with Arima Senior Comprehensive, St Augustine …
Read More »RBCPL24: Dre Russ turns in ‘Champion’ performance as TKR edge GAW
They came in their numbers on Wednesday to see the four-time champions, Trinbago Knight Riders, against the defending champions, Guyana Amazon Warriors. And to see Dwayne Bravo, the retiring ‘Champion’, do his thing one last time at the Queen’s Park Oval. What they saw, on a far-from-dry field that caused …
Read More »SSFL24: Fatima, “Naps” share the spoils; Arima and Malick shoot up standings
Defending champions Fatima College came back from behind to snatch a point against Naparima College today in an early clash of two Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Premier Division contenders at Mucurapo Road. “Naps”, the most successful team of the Premier era with four from a possible eight titles, travelled …
Read More »RBCPL24: Cornwall’s 5-fer helps Royals to straightforward win over STKNP
Barbados Royals fielder Alick Athanaze ran in from long-off and realised that Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots batsman Ryan John’s lofted drive off Rahkeem Cornwall was flying over his head. Instead of turning back, the young Dominican athletically leapt high into the air and, arching his back à la Shaka …
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