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For the second successive One Day International (ODI) at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain, the West Indies cricketers were pretty good. Unfortunately for the host team, India were better. Set a target of 312 runs to win—40 more than the Port of Spain venue’s record chase of …

“[…] I’m excited to be here and I hope that this will open the eyes to a lot of people with questions that normally would be asked when people are hanging out: How do you get a team to a World Cup? What does it take? “[…] The [nucleus of …

“It feels like a win—bittersweet,” said West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran. India, the third best ranked team in One Day International cricket at present, set West Indies a target of 306 runs in the first ODI at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain yesterday. The record run chase …

“[…] I had zero issue with the pitch in Guyana. My main problem is when we choose to play there.  “We can’t put sub-continent teams to play on pitches that are slow, low, and spin-friendly, as that is playing right into their hands. They play on those pitches every day …

Trinidad and Tobago will not participate at the Concacaf Girls Under-15 Championship, which kicks off in Tampa, Florida on 31 July. The players and their parents received the bad news on Saturday by a member of the team’s staff. The Girls Team and the Boys National Under-14 Team have both been …

Experienced allrounder Jason Holder returns to the West Indies team this week as the Maroon Men prepare to face India in the three-match CG United ODI Series in Trinidad. West Indies and India will compete for the CG United trophy at the Queen’s Park Oval on Friday 22 July, Sunday 24 …

Spinner Gudakesh Motie produced his best ever One Day International showing today in front of his home ground in Guyana, but it did not disguise another miserable showing by the West Indies in the 50 overs format—as they lost by four wickets to Bangladesh. Inserted to bat, the Maroon Men …

“Everything he said in the media is a lie!” Natalie Griffith, the mother of 20-year-old Trinidad and Tobago football star Afiyah Cornwall, was emphatic in her condemnation of recent comments by current Women’s National Senior Team head coach Kenwyne Jones. Cornwall, unsurprisingly, was of the same opinion as her mother. …

Minister of Sport Shamfa Cudjoe and Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SporTT) chairman Douglas Camacho said it will be difficult to accommodate a request by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) for funding for the Girls National Under-15 and Boys National Under-14 football teams. However, the government is …

“[…] We changed coaches regularly and settled on a largely inexperienced group who were learning by trial and error… Yet we were under the delusion that we would qualify. “We struggled in the preliminary qualifiers, failing to even beat Guyana. That didn’t even seem to wake us up one bit…” …

The Power to Make a Difference and the Right Start All-Star teams got the green light to showcase their talents at the Valsayn South Recreation Grounds on Sunday, as the 2022 edition of the Republic Bank youth football competition—powered by Gateway Athletics—hosted its All-Star event for boys and girls.  This …

Trinidad and Tobago’s dream of qualifying for the Australia/ New Zealand 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup ended with a whimper tonight, as they were edged 1-0 by Panama in a scrappy affair at the Estadio Universitario in San Nicolás, Mexico. The Women Soca Warriors needed a win in their final …