Midfielder Levi Jones’ headed goal, midway into the second half, was enough to guarantee Presentation College (San Fernando) a 1-0 victory over the previously unbeaten Fatima College in a Round Seven encounter, as the 2023 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division continued on Wednesday. That result, at the Fatima …
Read More »Challenging Dr Rowley—after Colm doesn’t cough up cash for cricket clubs
Budget Day. As usual, many citizens are waiting to hear what goodies are coming their way this year. Most are focused on Finance Minister Colm Imbert. What, they are asking, will the Finance Minister deliver today? But some others, not so much. What ball, we untypical Trini cricket fans are …
Read More »SSFL 23: Kyle tricks QRC in remarkable “Saints” revival; Fatima jump to first
Fatima College capitalised on defeats to the top two teams entering Round Six of the 2023 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division on Saturday, Naparima College and San Juan North Secondary, to jump two spots to first in the 16-team standings. Fatima, Naparima and San Juan were the remaining …
Read More »AC close Caribbean campaign with solitary point, after D/Force draw
AC Port of Spain were made to settle for a point at the Hasely Crawford Stadium tonight, as they closed their maiden Concacaf Caribbean Cup campaign with a 1-1 draw against fellow TT Premier Football League (TTPFL) outfit Defence Force. After three successive defeats, AC had no chance of advancing …
Read More »SSFL 23: San Juan hold off Arima to stay perfect, “Naps” win again
Naparima College and San Juan North Secondary maintained their perfect starts in the 2023 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division after fifth round matches were contested on Wednesday. Naparima, San Juan and Fatima College each entered Wednesday’s action with identical records of four wins from as many matches. Naparima …
Read More »Mexico rout T&T 6-0, W/Warriors humbled in first international for 14 months
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team suffered a chastening start to their 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup qualifying campaign last night, as they were crushed 6-0 by Mexico at the Estadio Hidalgo in Pachuca. After 14 months without an international game and a third of their roster comprised …
Read More »Early Bird: Told ya! GAW put karmic classic cutarse on complacent TKR
Calmer than you imagine any Trinbago cricket fan would be, Bobby smirked his way through our entire fo’daymorning Republic Day walk. A smirk is a kind of fleeting oral halo. It is a personal recognition of if not saintliness, at least rightness. Maybe not every time, it concedes-cum-brags, but this …
Read More »SSFL 23: Speyside High punish wasteful Malick to climb table
Speyside High Secondary picked up their second victory of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division this evening, as they snuck past the wasteful Malick Secondary 2-1 at St Mary’s College Ground in St Clair. The win saw Speyside join Malick on six points—along with Arima North Secondary, Queen’s …
Read More »Eve reverses view of Fifa rankings as Soca Warriors climb to 98th
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve appeared to reverse his view on the worth of the Fifa Rankings, as the Soca Warriors climbed into the 100 football nations in the world—for the first time in two years. The Soca Warriors moved from 102nd to 98th …
Read More »SSFL 23: S/Juan, Fatima and “Naps” stay perfect; Arima rout CIC
San Juan North Secondary saw off Presentation College (San Fernando) 2-0 at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium yesterday to keep pace with early Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division frontrunners, Naparima College and Fatima College. Midfielder Nathan Quashie scored in either half for the Bourg Mulatresse boys who are now …
Read More »Hadad-led Normalisation Committee sets timeline for final act before elections
The Robert Hadad-led Fifa-appointed Normalisation Committee has reaffirmed its intention to relinquish control of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) in March 2024—four years after usurping the authority of elected president William Wallace. However, there is a caveat. The TTFA’s general membership must accept proposed amendments to its constitution …
Read More »SSFL 23: School football games get later kick-offs to combat humidity
From this afternoon, Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) matches in the Premier and Championship Divisions will kick off at 4pm—outside of a few exceptions—as the organising committee tries to blunt the impact of the ongoing hot spell. “Because of the directive from the Ministry of the Education, of which the …
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