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Holy Faith Convent (Couva) held their nerve to edge Chaguanas North Secondary 1–0 in a tense Girls Central Zone Championship showdown yesterday at Edinburgh 500 Recreation Park, Chaguanas. In the end, a first half goal from 12-year-old Holy Faith Convent midfielder Christa Joseph decided an otherwise evenly balanced match on …

Five games into the 2025 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division, and the standings are already telling a story about early front-runners, widening gaps, and desperate chases. For most of the 16 teams in the league, the campaign has settled into a weekly grind: match on Saturday, recovery on …

Presentation College (San Fernando) captain Isaiah ‘Baby Hulk’ Jacob notched his eighth and ninth goals of the season today—from just four games—as the southern powerhouse continued their perfect start to the 2025 SSFL Premier Division campaign, with a 4-1 dismissal of Malick Secondary at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. …

Reigning North and Tobago zonal champions St Joseph’s Convent (Port of Spain) and Signal Hill Secondary offered a show of strength in their respective zones today as Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Girls Championship fixtures continued in four of the five districts. St Joseph’s Convent forward Sydney Pollard scored four …

San Juan North Secondary grabbed three valuable points today, after a slow start to their season, as they outgunned bottom-placed Trinity College East 4–2 in an all-east SSFL Premier Division clash at Bourg Mulatresse. The win propelled the “San Juan Kings” to eighth spot with four points from three games, …

“[…] How is it acceptable, that the person who is head of the Safe Guarding Unit, was able to institute a ban on a national coach with no timeline for resolution, expiry date, and cannot yet, six months later, seem to generate any opportunity for a defence to be filed …

St Joseph’s Convent (Port of Spain) started their 2025 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) North Zone Championship Division campaign with a comfortable 5-0 win over Tranquillity Secondary School at their home ground in Federation Park. On a hot afternoon, referee Eustace Benjamin delayed the start of the game by 30 …

A decision had to be made. Should I reflect on the 2025 edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) before it had ended? It wasn’t difficult because what I wanted to talk about really had little to do with the outcome. The final match is on Sunday (yesterday), and I …

“[…] Under Anton Corneal, there were efforts to rebuild youth programs and implement coaching education, but questions remain about the tangible progress made. “Were elite player development pathways truly improved? Did we see a rise in the technical standard of our youth and senior teams? Was there a unified playing …

In a classic north-south showdown, Fatima College edged St Benedict’s College 3-2 in the pick of this afternoon’s Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division fixtures, thanks to a dramatic last gasp winner from 14-year-old defender Xavier Barrow. The result kept Fatima, the defending champions, on the heels of Naparima …

“[…] More possession, more shots, prettier football—none of it matters without results. Sympathy doesn’t qualify teams. Goals and points do. “We need to stop confusing ‘progress’ with ‘promise’. Progress is what you measure on the scoreboard and the standings. Promise is what you say when you didn’t get the result …

“[…] You mentioned that building a team is a process, not an event. I understand and respect that but context matters. Dwight has had a year and 13 matches—ample time to establish systems. The qualifiers are not part of that process, they are the event. “[…] Raising red flags when …