Legendary Caribbean cricket radio commentator Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira has called for his late colleague and friend Tony Cozier to be honoured posthumously. The suggestion came during the closing ceremony of the inaugural Cozier and Perreira T-6 Cup, which was played over the 15-18 April Easter weekend at the Cave Hill …
Read More »‘Nicholas is ready for the challenge!’ CWI names Pooran as West Indies’ ODI and T20I captain
Middle-order batsman Nicholas Pooran will succeed Kieron Pollard as West Indies’ One-day International (ODI) and T20 captain, according to a release issued today by Cricket West Indies. Last month, the 34-year-old Pollard retired suddenly from West Indies service . However, Pooran, 26, served as his Trinidad and Tobago compatriot’s T20I …
Read More »NLCL 22: Revival story as late Villafana penalty sees Trendsetter Hawks take flight against Malabar
Finally, the Trendsetter Hawks Under-19 Team made eyes with Lady Luck. After two close, hard-fought defeats, the Hawks got the rub of the green yesterday afternoon, edging Malabar Young Stars 2-1 in a come-from-behind triumph at the Eddie Hart Ground in Tacarigua. An 89th minute penalty by central defender Janari …
Read More »Eve invites 40 players to T&T U-20 camp, including Rangers starlet Gill and USA call-up Borneo
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team head coach Angus Eve has invited 40 players to join his training squad on 5 May, including 16 overseas-based players and three Terminix La Horquetta Rangers players. The national youth team is preparing for the Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Championship which kicks off in …
Read More »‘Bubba’, ‘Papa’ bring Santa Cruz joy as Cantaro Utd see off Trendsetter in 5-goal NLCL Community Cup thriller
Introducing ‘Bubba’ and ‘Papa’. The combination of nicknames might sound like the makings of a sitcom or a witty cartoon show. But last night in Cantaro Village in Santa Cruz, the two young men with those nicknames strained their last sinew to ensure that home team Cantaro United got a …
Read More »Under-prepared T&T U-17 Women fall 10-0 to Mexico to end harrowing Concacaf campaign
Trinidad and Tobago’s misadventure in the 2022 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship came to a predictable end tonight at the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, as the young Women Soca Warriors were routed 10-0 by Mexico in their final group assignment. The spanking put an exclamation mark on a …
Read More »The TTFA’s debt proposal: HoF gets thumbs down, Warner, Fenwick and Miller make claims, and tension between creditors
Trustee for the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), Maria Daniel, revealed to creditors that the local football body has received 291 financial claims amounting to roughly TT$90.7m. But to settle its debts, the TTFA has ‘an approved financial arrangement’ of US$3m (TT$20.1m) —minus a ‘supervisory levy’ of TT$1.005m It …
Read More »Spence: TTFA restarted Women’s U-17 programme too late, but ‘this group of players is special’
“[…] This group of players is special and I firmly believe that this is the group who will bring smiles back to our faces in youth women’s football in the next 2-4 years. “[…] While the world faced the pandemic and we lost 2 years in T&T, a lot of the …
Read More »McWatt: ‘Father figure’ Pollard’s perfect timing puts Pooran in pole position; will Hetmyer step up as deputy?
As almost everyone connected with the sport in even the remotest manner would have heard by now, West Indies allrounder Kieron Pollard has announced his immediate retirement from international cricket. Pollard’s 20 April announcement, which came as a major surprise to most, has now created some very interesting possibilities for …
Read More »Nicaragua set national Concacaf record with 4-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago U-17 Women
Trinidad and Tobago found themselves facing their second successive group stage exit from a Concacaf women’s youth tournament today, despite again having a game to spare, when they were thumped 4-0 by Nicaragua in Under-17 Championship action in the Dominican Republic. The numbers themselves—the young Women Soca Warriors have conceded …
Read More »Dear Editor: If Kenwyne gets ‘Yaya’, King and Baron back, the Women Soca Warriors can make history
“[…] I believe to win the Concacaf W Championship—and we should want to win, and prepare to win—we need to bring back former Trinidad and Tobago Women Soca Warriors who are immensely talented and have significant international experience. “We need to invite Kennya ‘Yaya’ Cordner, Arin King and Saundra Baron back on …
Read More »Najjar: Neverson would always go beyond and beyond, until beyond got tired of facing him
“[…] What few have that Nigel Neverson had so much of was that ‘grinta’, die-hard, ‘from-the-guts’ desire to never give up and the desire to go past the finish line, as if there were two and three more finish lines to burst through. “He would always go beyond and beyond …
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