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So far, so good. Skipper Shai Hope starred with the bat and pacer Shamar Joseph with the ball as West Indies brushed aside potential party-poopers Italy by 42 runs at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. The comfortable win gave the Daren Sammy-coached Maroon Men four wins from their four …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team head coach Marvin Gordon unveiled his 21-man squad, as the young Soca Warriors begin their campaign for a berth at the 2027 Fifa Under-20 World Cup and the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics. Trinidad and Tobago are grouped with hosts Costa Rica, Bermuda, …

Columnist Earl Best imagines himself a fly on the wall in the West Indies dressing room in Mumbai: “Reckless!” As though discarding a chewed up plum seed, West Indies all-formats coach Daren Sammy spat the word into the middle of the dressing room. For what seemed like an eternity, he …

When Roston Chase dived forward at deep midwicket to snaffle the low catch offered by Adil Rashid, England were still all of 30 runs short of the West Indies’ challenging 196. And just like that, with Nepal and minnows Italy still to be faced, Daren Sammy’s unfancied squad had solidified …

Trinidad and Tobago’s dreams of qualifying for the Qatar 2026 Fifa Under-17 World Cup ended, predictably, against Mexico tonight, as the hosts lost 2-1 to “El Tricolor” in the final Group A fixture at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. Only a 6-0 Trinidad and Tobago triumph would have denied Mexico a …

When, with all of six balls left, Nepal needed a mere 10 runs for a historic win over England, a fervent prayer went up to heaven. “Seigneur, non,” it said, “please, I beg you. Je t’en prie.” England white ball coach Brendon McCullum is a New Zealander. He speaks no …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team head coach Randolph Boyce lamented that his players missed their “KPIs” (key performance indicators) yesterday, as the young Soca Warriors were left requiring a six-goal win over Mexico to keep their Qatar 2026 Fifa U-17 World Cup dreams alive. Boyce revealed, in the …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 team enjoyed their first comfortable outing of their 2026 Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers campaign this evening, as they cruised to an 8-0 win over Sint Maarten at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. Six second half goals put the Dutch-speaking islanders to the sword, with substitute …

Gone are the days when Trinidad and Tobago’s football supporters could venture to the national stadia and expect a comfortable evening with smooth sailing when their teams come up against supposedly lesser Caribbean opposition. Trips to Mucurapo, Balmain, Couva and Bacolet are now filled with trepidation, as fans are put …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team head coach Randolph Boyce savoured his first international win tonight, on the fourth attempt, as the young Soca Warriors edged Saint Martin 1-0 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium to secure their first points of the 2026 Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers campaign. Forward Adasa Richardson …

“[…] The question isn’t just ‘who is coaching?’ but ‘how are they coaching—and is it modern enough to compete?’ “Yes, assembling talent without growing match IQ is a dead end. But the issue extends beyond schools and clubs ‘collecting’ players. The real failure lies in a persistent lack of strategic …

I wasn’t at last night’s Concacaf Men’s Under-17 Qualifiers game. I took it for granted that we would get past Barbados and the other Caribbean nations, so I was planning to go to the Mexico game only. I guessed wrong. But something I’ve been pointing to comes to the fore …