Concacaf’s Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying series began with 23 teams from the Caribbean, along with five from Central America, and one from North America. By this time next week, the only Caribbean team still in with a shot at Qatar might be Jamaica, who were not asked to go …

It comes as no surprise that our experts have provisionally concluded that the P1 (Brazilian) variant of the Covid-19 virus has expanded within our borders; and, according to Professor Christine Carrington, ‘is the dominant strain right now’.   In last Tuesday’s Trinidad Express, the professor reportedly stated that ‘testing since …

This week has been awfully long. How the worm has turned! On Thursday 3 June, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced that US vice-president Kamala Harris had promised a substantial vaccine donation.  On Saturday 5 June, he informed that the country had secured 800,000 Johnson & Johnson vaccines with an …

Dean Elgar’s seventh-ranked South Africa needed only seven sessions to coast past Kraigg Brathwaite’s feckless West Indies in the First Test in St Lucia on Saturday. Well-deserved five-fers by the frontline quicks in both innings and a long-awaited, well-paced century by former South Africa skipper Quinton de Kock made the …

Why would a person willingly give up their family, job and community to embark on an illegal, dangerous journey to another country?   In the case of the Venezuelans, it’s because they are generally running away from unbearable, life-threatening circumstances. Our leaders are publicly pretending not to know that conditions in …

A long time ago I had this dream of opening a café of sorts. A place where I could serve small dishes made with local ingredients; where the food and drink were simple, tasty and fresh. I wanted the quality to be outstanding, but I also imagined it to be …

“[…] A selection panel led by NC member Nicholas Gomez and comprising Anton Corneal, Anthony Sherwood and Richard Chinapoo will meet to finalise the selection of the interim head coach.  “The interim head coach together with the panel will then establish the supporting team…” The following is a press statement from the …

Former Denmark international Nicklas Bendtner—mockingly tagged ‘Lord Bendtner’—is his country’s most famous footballer of this millennium, only his celebrity has little to do with anything he ever did on the field of play. Bendtner once declared himself to be the best striker in the world, when, in reality, he was …

Unified Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (UFCTT) interim president Jefferson George confirmed that Men’s National Senior Team assistant coaches Derek King and Kelvin Jack both agreed termination packages with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) yesterday, within hours of their dismissals. At present, Jack and King are the …

Fifa coaching instructor Anton Corneal, who was a technical staff member for three of Trinidad and Tobago’s four World Cup qualifications, talks to Burdie and Barney about his lessons from Bertille St Clair, Francisco Maturana and Leo Beenhakker, the late Akeem Adams’ gift, how to reprogram Joevin Jones, the role …

The Robert Hadad-led Fifa-appointed normalisation committee appears set to swing the axe through the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team’s technical staff, with head coach Terry Fenwick and assistants Kelvin Jack and Derek King on the brink. The normalisation committee comprises: Hadad, Judy Daniel, Nigel Romano, and Trevor Nicholas …

Fifa coaching instructor Anton Corneal explains why the Leo Beenhakker-led Trinidad and Tobago technical staff opted to use Dwight Yorke as a deep-lying midfielder for the Germany 2006 World Cup.  Look out for Corneal’s full interview on the Burdie and Barney Show from Friday 11 June, as we discuss Beenhakker’s …