If West Indies prepare just as well for their next two Super Eights matches—and if their luck holds!—the 2026 T20 World Cup could well prove historic. A West Indies win over either South Africa on Thursday or India next Monday could well mean, if the other pieces fall into place, …

The Soca Warriors will face South American neighbours, Venezuela, and African outfit, Gabon, in the Fifa Series 2006 at the Pakhtakor Stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan next month. Trinidad and Tobago’s meeting with Venezuela is confirmed for Friday 27 March while their clash with Gabon is on Monday 30 March. Both …

Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team coach Damian Briggs made seven changes to his travelling squad, as the Women Soca Warriors head to Panama for a six-day training camp in preparation for an upcoming 2026 Concacaf W Championship qualifier. The Women Warriors are due to face Honduras in Tegucigalpa …

At first glance, the “wellness industry” looks marvellous. It speaks about prevention. It mentions gut health, cortisol, mitochondria and hormones. But if you watch closely, you’ll notice something peculiar. It never wants you finished. It wants you improved. Optimised. Detoxed. Biohacked. Reset. Rebalanced. Rejuvenated. But never done. A cured patient …

So far, so good. Skipper Shai Hope starred with the bat and pacer Shamar Joseph with the ball as West Indies brushed aside potential party-poopers Italy by 42 runs at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. The comfortable win gave the Daren Sammy-coached Maroon Men four wins from their four …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team head coach Marvin Gordon unveiled his 21-man squad, as the young Soca Warriors begin their campaign for a berth at the 2027 Fifa Under-20 World Cup and the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics. Trinidad and Tobago are grouped with hosts Costa Rica, Bermuda, …

Columnist Earl Best imagines himself a fly on the wall in the West Indies dressing room in Mumbai: “Reckless!” As though discarding a chewed up plum seed, West Indies all-formats coach Daren Sammy spat the word into the middle of the dressing room. For what seemed like an eternity, he …

“[…] Where is the music to ‘turn a woman’s body into jelly’? Where is the fun? The celebration? The ‘Spirit of Carnival’? (Fun fact: that actually used to be a judging criterion in Calypso). “Long gone are the days when a calypsonian could win with a rum song paired with …

“[…] Advocates of this strategy contend that traditional interdiction efforts intercept only a fraction of maritime drug trafficking operations, whereas the systematic destruction of vessels and the targeting of personnel establish a more robust deterrent effect. “The strikes have implications that extend beyond the immediate legal proceedings. Critics contend that …

In 1818, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Trinidad were established under British colonial administration. That same year, Mary Shelley published Frankenstein: the story of a scientist who assembles a living being and then abandons it. Nearly eighty years later, HG Wells wrote The Island of Doctor Moreau, where natural life …

It isn’t something I do—but when Alta, the Adult Literacy Tutors Association, contacted me to ask if I would write something to bring some attention to their Readings Under the Trees event, I could not refuse. Their annual event, held at the Royal Botanical Gardens (I am surprised that it …

For Panorama semi-finals, two weeks ago, I had probably the best listening position I have ever had. Through the kind courtesy of panyard acquaintances, as well as through our bonding at my Carnival Days’ lime, I spent nine hours in row two of the Grandstand, right behind the judges with …