Two clubs, a free-scoring Trendsetter Hawks and a disciplined Pro Series, set the tone for a juicy upcoming top-of-the-table Under-17 division clash in the Republic Cup National Youth Football League (NYFL) after both secured their third wins of the North Zone competition on Saturday. Both teams triumphed over previously unbeaten …
Read More »“It is a downright shame and disgrace!” Ford: Arima cricket deserves better
“[…] Today it is indeed pathetic to see the young [Fulham] cricketers play without a pavilion, no changing or toilet facilities, and nowhere to store their equipment. “The same applies to Agents at the Rehab Centre… A promise was made to construct [a] pavilion and provide a motor roller to …
Read More »T&T Basketballers: The NBFTT has dashed our hard work and World Cup dreams
“[…] A Newsday article advised that the National Basketball Federation of Trinidad and Tobago failed to register the Male and Female Senior teams for the 2023 edition of FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup in November 2023. “[…] All that we have worked for over the last two years; all the hard work …
Read More »NYFL 2023: Premier SC clinch South U-20 title, while Cox Coaching School and Union Hall U15s stay perfect
Premier Sports Club became the third zonal champions of the 2023 Republic Cup National Youth Football League (NYFL) on Sunday afternoon at the La Brea Recreation Ground, as they leapfrogged Ste Madeleine Strikers on the final match day of the South Zone Under-20 competition. Premier SC led 1-0 at halftime …
Read More »Best: Will West Indies batsmen get IPL Easter resurrection lessons from mind coach Brian Lara?
Mid-April, the 53rd anniversary of the declaration by Dr Eric Williams’ embattled government of T&T’s first state of emergency, and two voices are in my head. One is real, the other imagined. Neither will go away. “Power alone will never make us strong. The heart must also sing the human …
Read More »Mascall credits P/Rico but fails to explain decision to bench T&T’s best U-20 women players
Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-20 Team head coach Dernelle Mascall credited Puerto Rico for their strides in the women’s game, after they eliminated the Women Soca Warriors with a thumping 5-0 win yesterday in a 2023 Concacaf Under-20 Championship qualifier in Curaçao. However, Mascall’s post-mortem of the team’s emphatic …
Read More »P/Rico rout Trinidad and Tobago U-20 Women 5-0, as Mascall’s tactical gamble fails
Trinidad and Tobago’s 2024 Women’s World Under-20 Cup campaign ended in Curaçao tonight, after just three matches. The Women Soca Warriors needed a win over Puerto Rico to advance to the Concacaf Championship, but it wasn’t even close—as the ladies in red, white and black slumped to a 5-0 defeat …
Read More »NYFL 2023: Ginga leave bad taste in Tinto’s mouth, Blasters edge Arima Araucans, and Jaguars gnaw Jabloteh
The East Zone Under-15 division of the 2023 Republic Cup National Youth Football League (NYFL) is getting quite sticky at the top, with four teams jockeying for the top three qualifying spots on offer for the quarterfinal stage. On Sunday at the Eddie Hart Grounds in Tacarigua, Arima Semi-Pro Blasters …
Read More »J’Eleisha grabs hattrick as T&T U-20 women hold off Guadeloupe, P/Rico showdown looms
Trinidad and Tobago were again beneficiaries of the talent on the Sister Isle today, as the Women’s National Under-20 Team held off Guadeloupe 3-2 in Concacaf Championship qualifying action in Curaçao. All three goals for the two island republic came off the boot of Scarborough Secondary forward J’Eleisha Alexander, who …
Read More »Talia thrills as Women Warriors down Cayman Islands 3-0 in U-20 opener
Seventeen-year-old attacker Talia Martin had a competitive international debut to remember in Curaçao today, as the Speyside High Secondary student scored twice and created another in a 3-0 win for Trinidad and Tobago over the Cayman Islands in their opening 2023 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship qualifying fixture. The result means …
Read More »Eve: “The hardest possible team”; T&T draw Guadeloupe for G/Cup qualifiers—Grenada or Guyana next
The Soca Warriors will open their 2023 Gold Cup campaign with a qualifier against Guadeloupe at the Drv Pnk Stadium in Fort Lauderdale on either 16 or 17 June. Should the Warriors prevail, they will then meet the winner between Guyana and Grenada at the same venue on 20 June—to …
Read More »CANOC: The T20 cricket format is “ideal” for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games
“[…] On behalf of the Caribbean Association of the National Olympic Committee, I am delighted to share our full support to the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Cricket West Indies (CWI) campaign to include cricket in the Olympic Games sports programme for Los Angeles 2028. “We strongly believe the sport’s inclusion in the programme will have far-reaching …
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