Trinidad and Tobago cricket all-rounder Dwayne Bravo set a milestone for cricket and local sport yesterday after earning an ESPYs nomination for its “Best Play” category. Now, the former West Indies ODI captain and Tranquillity Secondary student only needs to outdo four-time FIFA Player of the Year and Argentina star …
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Taylor dazzles but Shade and Forbes give Oilers and Rush share of spoils
Petrotrin Oilers and CNGC Rush wrapped up week one of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) last night with an intriguing one-all draw at the St James Barracks. Trinidad and Tobago National Women’s Team players Karyn Forbes and Mariah Shade both hit the back of the target during an action-packed first …
Read More »And Suriname is out… Again! T&T U23s play opener on Saturday
The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) officially announced last night that Suriname is out of the 2016 Olympic Games qualifying series. Again. And for the last time. Hopefully. For the fourth time in three days, the CFU’s Group Four has undergone a fixture change. And, for the second time, Suriname has …
Read More »Game off: CFU circus continues as T&T U23’s opener now postponed
Three days and as many decisions. God knows the trauma that Trinidad and Tobago’s National Under-23 football players have endured over the past week. One thing now beyond dispute is that the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) has only made things worse. Today, the “Soca Warriors” were advised that their 2016 …
Read More »Mollon caught in crossfire; W/Warriors star’s car shot up in Chaguanas
Trinidad and Tobago National Women’s Team football star Ahkeela “Lady Latapy” Mollon considered herself lucky to escape with her life last night after her Nissan Primera vehicle was caught in a cross outside her Longdenville home. Mollon, who is due to make her Women’s Premier League (WPL) debut tonight with CNGC …
Read More »CFU makes Suriname u-turn; T&T U23s must play with 11 men
More farce. The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-23 Team’s 2015 Olympic qualifying campaign was thrown into disarray again this evening when Caribbean Football Union officials informed the “Soca Warriors” that Suriname have been re-instated into the competition. And, just 24 hours after telling Trinidad and Tobago officials that their Caribbean …
Read More »Hart retains faith in usual soldiers; few surprises in Gold Cup team
Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Stephen Hart has kept faith in his regular “Soca Warriors”, despite an outburst after their 3-0 friendly loss to Jordan on June 16. After the match, Hart declared that several of his players “didn’t deserve to wear a national shirt today. They …
Read More »Sex, lies and audiotape; Warner continues charge on alleged ‘Cougar in Chief’
So much for the People’s Partnership’s attack on PNM leader Dr Keith Rowley for wining on a teenager. There is always the likelihood of heavy hypocrisy and immense irony when Chaguanas West MP and former FIFA money transfer extraordinaire Jack Warner is lecturing about wrongdoing. But, not for the first …
Read More »Stars replace ‘excellent Eve’; Clarke takes the reins at North East
North East Stars has parted ways with its former head coach Angus Eve in the first step of the Sangre Grande-based Pro League club’s financial restructuring. Stars gave Eve, who club owner Darryl Mahabir once referred to as “the Maestro”, his first opportunity as head coach at Stars. And, three …
Read More »U23s down to 11 players for qualifiers; but Suriname withdraws
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-23 Team breathed a sigh of relief today as their Suriname counterparts withdrew from the Caribbean preliminary round of the 2016 Olympic qualifying campaign, which kicks off on Wednesday June 24 in Puerto Rico. The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) announced that Suriname, who were due to …
Read More »Visa delay rocks Warriors; U-23s travel with 12 players for Olympic opener
Two days away from the opening qualifier for their 2016 Olympic Games campaign, the Trinidad and Tobago National Under-23 Team is expected to have just 12 players in Puerto Rico, as visa complications have ravaged the “Soca Warriors” outfit. And, farcically, only five footballers due to land in Puerto Rico today were …
Read More »Liverpool legends take the crown: Fiery final to Tobago tournament
Liverpool FC, led by tempestuous the Stan Collymore—an English striker with a Barbadian parent—were crowned the new British Airways Tobago Legends Football Challenge champions this evening in an exciting finale to the six-a-side competition at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet. But they had to beat stiff local competition along …
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