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Trinidad and Tobago’s Carifta Games stars shone the brightest at Sunday’s rain-affected 2025 Republic Bank-NAAATT Relays Festival held at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Rising sprint stars Kadeem and Hakeem Chinapoo helped the South-Central Zone outpace their rivals in winning the Boys’ Under-20 4×100 metres in a …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dwight Yorke vowed to field several new faces in the Soca Warriors team at next month’s 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup in the United States. Trinidad and Tobago are drawn with hosts, the USA, Saudi Arabia, and Caribbean rivals Haiti in Group …

“[…] Instead of relying on one-off screening sessions, the TTFA should establish a structured scouting network that monitors players across various competitions such as the Republic Bank National Youth Football League, the All-Star Showcase, and the City Cup. “Trained scouts would track players over the course of a season, evaluating …

“[…] Anyone who has gone through this process knows the folly of trying to select the ‘best’ 20 players out of 100s of young footballers who will turn up. Sometimes a gem has a bad day. Sometimes he is placed on a team with only strange faces and he hardly …

St Monica’s Preparatory School went unbeaten on the opening day of the 2025 Republic Bank National Primary Schools Mini Polo League on Saturday at the Diego Martin Swimming Pool. Danielle Popplewell notched nine goals as St Monica’s whipped Dunross Preparatory School 13–11 in a Senior Female match to set the …

(Part 19.) Off-spinning stylist. In the year of the World Cup, Lance Gibbs stood on the verge of history. Although approaching his 41st birthday, the lanky off-spinner with the classic high arm action was just 15 victims away from eclipsing former England fast bowler Fred Trueman’s tally of 307 to …

Spectacular finishes, peeved referees, animated coaches, penalties scored and missed, cheers and tears… There was nothing missing on Saturday as the Trinidad leg of the 2025 Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL) came to a sizzling finale on a damp day in Barataria. “I think football was the winner …

(Part 18.) Silent assassin. Andy Roberts was a ground-breaker—the first from Antigua and Barbuda to play senior international cricket for the West Indies. He was also a jaw-breaker. Many an unsuspecting batsman fell victim, painfully, to his clever variations of pace and the other impressive tools which made him the …

“[…] Two days ago, it came to my attention, via the TTFA Facebook page, that screening for U15 boys were to be conducted for Mayaro and the North Zone on 17 and 18 May. “This news piqued my interest and I began enquiring through the ‘grapevine’, on when the East …

(Part 17.) Steady stalwart. “We don’t need Andy Roberts, Croft and Garner when we have superstar Vanburn Holder!” In pretending to be the voice of then West Indies Cricket Board of Control president Jeffrey Stollmeyer—at the time of the exodus of most first-choice players to Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket …

“[…] Kaniel Davidson was more than just a player—he was the heartbeat of our team. A natural leader on and off the field, Kaniel brought passion, discipline, and an unwavering commitment to excellence that uplifted everyone around him. “[…] Off the field, Kaniel was just as remarkable: warm, respectful, driven, …

(Part 16.) Man for a crisis. Clive Lloyd lifted the trophy and provided the stellar individual performance of the 1975 World Cup final, but it was the quietly efficient man behind the stumps who sealed the triumph for the West Indies—his underarm return finding a diving last man Jeff Thomson …