Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve will use a friendly against Saint Lucia tomorrow to assess the depth of his squad, currently preparing for the 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League. The Soca Warriors are in the second tier of the Concacaf competition and are grouped with …
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T&T U-20 Team selected; Carrington takes over pre-tourney camp as Eve stays with seniors
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior and Under-20 Team head coach Angus Eve selected a 24-man squad for the junior Soca Warriors squad, which leaves on 5 June for a pre-tournament camp in Costa Rica. The Under-20 squad swings into action at the 2022 Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Championship from 19 …
Read More »Daly Bread: Waiting to exhale; what T&T can learn from the UK’s ‘Partygate’
Like the rest of the world, much of Trinidad and Tobago has been holding its breath waiting to resume social interaction—unrestricted by Covid-19 and the public health regulations piled upon us. The North Coast Jazz event at Blanchisseuse this weekend, which culminates in a J’Ouvert, will no doubt openly reveal …
Read More »Noble: The ‘Other’ Trinidadian children are representing well, and why Bunji betters Duke
Derek Walcott, Nobel Prize winner, once lamented: “Colonials, we began with this malarial enervation: that nothing could ever be built among these rotting shacks, barefooted backyards and moulting shingles; that being poor, we already had the theatre of our lives.” Yet, he is at one with Chinua Achebe, the towering …
Read More »Guyana eye brittle T&T batting after Jamaica draw; Rahkeem keeps Leeward in hunt
The Guyana Harpy Eagles’ West Indies Championship title challenge faded today, their bowlers again finding it difficult to prise out the Jamaica Scorpions on the placid Diego Martin Sporting Complex pitch. In the end, the teams settled for a draw. When they called time, Jamaica led by just 80 runs, …
Read More »Vaneisa: Trauma, trauma, everywhere; sexual abuse accounts for 1/4 of T&T’s mental health cases
I see you write about me again, she said, laughing. Mystified, as she was not present in my mind as I wrote my last column, I asked what she meant. She was referring to the people who bottled everything inside and the unexpected eruptions that come from what might seem slight …
Read More »‘We beat ourselves!’ T&T Red Force lose by an innings to Barbados to concede title hopes
The Barbados Pride are now within touching distance of a second successive regional four-day title, after the defending champions and current West Indies Championship leaders whipped the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force by an innings and 22 runs today at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba. It is 16 …
Read More »NLCL round-up: Seismic results cause late shuffles as U-19 teams book quarterfinal spots
It’s all set now—but it went all the way to the wire! The NLCL U19 Community Cup group stage which kicked off on April 24 with twelve teams in Trinidad and on May 8 with four teams in Tobago finally ended last night. And in all three groups, the final …
Read More »NLCL 2022: ‘Rodrygo’ Bubba helps Cantaro stage Real comeback but Malabar still into quarters
In the semifinals of this season’s UEFA Champions League (UCL), 13-time winners Real Madrid got a pair of stoppage-time goals from Brazilian substitute Rodrygo, contriving to earn an epic extra-time win against Manchester City and move on to this weekend’s finals. With no Rodrygos or Karim Benzemas around last night …
Read More »Hinds gets fifer but Barbados in control, Leewards douse Volcanoes and Tagenarine nears new ton
Trinidad and Tobago Red Force medium pacer Terrance Hinds produced career-best figures of 5/32 today as the host nation fought back against the Barbados Pride in West Indies Championship action at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba. But at the close of play on Day Two of the penultimate …
Read More »‘We’re playing like amateurs!’ T&T collapse for 133 against Barbados, Blackwood scores ton against Guyana
Things you can trust more than the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force’s opening partnership at present: slight pepper from your local doubles vendor, MP Foster Cummings’ banking history, former senator Robert Sabga’s memory… Red Force captain Imran Khan won the toss at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba this …
Read More »WI regional championship roster changes, standings and top performers so far
There will be 10 roster changes for round four of the 2022 West Indies Championship, with five of the six franchises required to replace players selected for the West Indies tour to The Netherlands and Pakistan. The Guyana Harpy Eagles, who are fourth at present but trail leaders Barbados Pride …
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