Exhilarating as the current 48-team World Cup tournament has been, it failed to excite my football-loving fo’daymorning walk partner. Cape Verde as a team and Vozinha as an individual did. At moments. As did France with their handful of fleet-footed, twinkle-toed front-runners and eventual Golden Boot winner Kylian Mbappé. But …

The Spanish conquistadors are back, baby! Spain confirmed Europe’s superiority in the football world at present, and, quite likely, served notice of a new era of dominance—as they clinched the 2026 World Cup title yesterday, with a 1-0 extra time win over defending champions, Argentina. At least Argentina left with …

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“[…]  Footballers acknowledge that a coach’s tactical intelligence, technical knowledge, and interpersonal skills, are important BUT they know that they are the ones who get the job done. “Latest evidence of this is the polar views expressed by England coach Thomas Tuchel and England’s quarter-final hero Jude Bellingham, after their …

There is a strange irony in the national conversation now unfolding. We are being asked to consider hosting artificial intelligence (AI) data centres but most of us know remarkably little about what they are, what they consume or what they may demand of the country. As a result, most of …

Cricket fans will be allowed free entry to Kensington Oval for the fourth and fifth One-Day Internationals between the West Indies and New Zealand on Sunday 19 and Tuesday 21 July, as part of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) tribute to iconic allrounder Sir Garfield Sobers, who passed away at …

Three thousand dollars a month. That’s the minimum National Insurance pension a citizen receives after a lifetime of work. It’s also, for many, the difference between paying for food or medication in a given month—not both. A few weeks ago, more than 22,000 people shared, commented on, or followed my …

A popular quote attributed to Benjamin Franklyn aptly summarises the situation that Trinidad and Tobago finds itself in: “He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.” These cautionary words warn that relying on debt often leads to stress, and the heavy burden of repayment for the person borrowing. The same …

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The school holidays have arrived. Children wake later. Shoes disappear under beds. Lunch kits are forgotten for a while. Grandparents become emergency babysitters. Cousins appear from nowhere. The house fills with noise, arguments, laughter, crumbs, wet towels and small human beings who suddenly seem to be hungry every 20 minutes. …

In a throwback to one of Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s more cringeworthy speeches: Today, he feels American. USA forward Folarin Balogun was today cleared to play against Belgium in the 2026 Fifa World Cup Round of 16, despite being suspended for the contest due to a red card in the …

It’s hard to find composure in the face of the overwhelming human tragedy that has befallen our Venezuelan neighbours. Everything can disappear just so. The immediate impact is one thing, but the consequent hardship as rebuilding efforts begin is mind-boggling. Look at Haiti and Jamaica. Do we really grasp the …