The 2025 Secondary Schools Football League kicks off with a replay of last year’s Intercol finals as top girls’ teams St Joseph’s Convent (Port of Spain) and Pleasantville Secondary pick up where they left off from 3.30pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, while St Benedict’s College …
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Dear Editor: Yorke needs Poon-Angeron in midfield if T&T are to progress
“[…] Michel Poon-Angeron offers tactical flexibility. Whether used as a deep-lying playmaker or a ball winning midfielder, he adapts to the system. He reads the game well, breaks up opposition attacks intelligently, and quickly restarts play. “[…] If Trinidad and Tobago are to progress in these qualifiers, the midfield must …
Read More »Dear Editor: Yorke must help T&T create their own luck—just like Fergie’s Manchester Utd
“[…] Maybe it’s time we stop calling this bad luck and start asking whether we’re doing enough to create our own luck. “[…] The Reggae Boyz team missing eight starters, [grinded] out six points from two games: clinical, composed, and ruthlessly efficient. Jamaica didn’t wait for luck to find them. …
Read More »Yorke: Jamaica got away with one! T&T coach targets 12 pts from remaining WCQs
“We are scratching our heads at how Jamaica took three points from us,” said Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior team head coach Dwight Yorke, in the wake of last night’s 2-0 World Cup qualifying loss away to Jamaica. “We came in here with every intention that we could get …
Read More »Six games win-less for Yorke, as T&T lose 2-0 to Jamaica—following VAR interventions
Trinidad and Tobago’s 2026 World Cup qualifying fate no longer lies in their own hands. A 2-0 defeat away to Jamaica tonight means that even if the Soca Warriors win their remaining four qualifiers, they will not finish top of their group unless the Reggae Boyz drop points in at …
Read More »Molino, Phillips ruled out of Jamaica showdown; Yorke short of midfield options
Trinidad and Tobago will face Jamaica in a crucial World Cup qualifier tomorrow without team captain Kevin Molino and bustling midfielder Daniel Phillips, after both were ruled out due to an accumulation of cautions. Molino, the only genuine creative midfielder in coach Dwight Yorke’s current squad, and Phillips both picked …
Read More »Devaluation: the good, the bad and the public debt—why T&T needs careful analysis, not noise
“[…] Basic economic theory does not always manifest in practice—in fact, it rarely does. To understand if or by how much exports/imports change requires an understanding of how responsive exports/imports are to price changes. This is called elasticity in economics. “[…] Alongside this, the constantly changing geopolitical environment must be …
Read More »Vaneisa: Is CPL a public good? And will Caricom pursue legal options to address that?
We invoke the concept of the public in different contexts. Broadly speaking, we are referring to people in general, but there are several common appendages to the word public: nuisance, pressure, opinion, intellectual, and good, are a few. These aspects came to mind within the domain of cricket with the …
Read More »Noble: 30 Pieces of Silver—is Gov’t praying or preying on the Evangelical vote?
Professor Emerita Bridget Brereton, in her masterful 2010 contribution, All ah we is not one, highlights the development of competing ethnic narratives. She highlights the colonialist and the anti-colonialist, then the Afrocentric versus Indocentric narrative. She said: “Generally, the kind of narrative produced before and after independence by former colonies …
Read More »Bus woes, rising expectations and ‘getting at them’; why Yorke thinks T&T’s ‘in a good place’ to face Jamaica
“We weren’t at our best in the first half—I think that was well acknowledged,” said Trinidad and Tobago coach Dwight Yorke, in last night’s post-game press conference. “But second half we played in the manner that we can play… Playing the way we did in the second half gives us …
Read More »Dear Editor: Indarsingh’s appointment as Industrial Court judge should spark national concern
“[…] The Industrial Court wields quasi-constitutional powers in employment matters. It issues binding decisions affecting the rights of workers, unions, and employers. The notion that such a role can be filled by a recent Opposition MP, without even a law degree, ought to provoke national concern. “Appointments to judicial office, particularly one …
Read More »T&T held goalless by Curaçao, as Dutchmen contain Yorke’s front three
Trinidad and Tobago had to settle for a point at home tonight, as they were held goalless by Curaçao in their opening match of the third and final Concacaf 2026 World Cup qualifying round. The result saw Jamaica sail to the top of the group after a 4-0 win away …
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