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Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve will lead the Soca Warriors into the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying series, after he was granted a two-year contract extension by the Fifa-appointed Normalisation Committee. The decision is an about-turn on Normalisation Committee chairman Robert Hadad’s initial stance …

Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical director Anton Corneal suggested that Soca Warriors fans have reason for optimism based on the improved quality of young players on the training ground. The National Men’s Under-20 and Under-17 Teams both started preparation in December, with their respective training pools decided upon …

The former Presentation College (San Fernando) football standout identified in a shooting case walked in uninvited at the La Brea Police Station today with his attorney, Taradath Singh, to see if he was a wanted man—in connection with the shooting of 21-year-old woman Sapphire David. He walked out again, unrestrained …

A former Trinidad and Tobago National Under-17 team captain intends to clear his name after being informally identified as a person of interest in the shooting of 21-year-old Sapphire David. According to the police report, a gunman shot David on the right side of her chest in La Brea on …

The story about Kieron Pollard’s recently signed consultancy contract has not got a lot of traction in the media. But if Bobby is right, it could make a big difference to the outcome of this year’s World Cup. Twelve years ago in 2011, Pollard was offered a retainer contract by …

Veteran Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) assistant secretary – administration Gerald Elliot is an employee of the school body’s credentials committee. It is a salaried position with remuneration covering the period from September to November each season. So why, Miracle Ministries Pentecostal High School (MMPHS) head coach Kern Cupid asked, …

Love and Football, a charity football match established by Trinidad and Tobago football stars Kevin Molino and Sheldon Bateau in December 2016, made its first return since the Covid-19 pandemic on 23 December, with a host of recognisable personalities on the field and on the sidelines. The event began in …

Fifteen-year-old Orielle Martin gave another exhibition of her prodigious talent at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar this afternoon, with her eighth goal in four matches as she inspired Trinidad and Tobago to the Jewels of the Caribbean Under-17 Girls Invitational Tournament title. The young Women Soca Warriors defeated St …

West Indies will be without allrounder Jason Holder and Kyle Mayers for their two-Test series against Australia next month, as both players opted “to explore T20 franchise opportunities in January”. Holder, according to Espn Cricinfo, will compete in the International League T20 (ILT20) tournament in UAE next month instead. The …

“[…] In local women’s football history only the outstanding Robbie Greenidge of Rossi Potentials fame has a better track record than Arnold Murphy. I might add that Murphy is catching up and may soon surpass the achievements of Greenidge. “[…] Ms Jinelle James […] please tell Trinidad and Tobago why …

Bitter experience is the best teacher. I know. Ever since Jason Holder’s West Indians unaccountably turned the tables on England at Headingley in 2017, I hate the taste of Brylcreem. And yet, here we go: I will eat my hat if Rovman Powell’s West Indies do not emerge victorious in …

Thirty-four year-old batsman Johnson Charles has been recalled to the West Indies T20 International team for the last two outings of the ongoing five match series against England, which will be staged in Tarouba, Trinidad on Tuesday 19 and Thursday 21 December. Charles, who averages 22.97 from 44 T20Is with …