Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve announced his 24-man squad to face The Bahamas and Nicaragua this morning with speedy forward Rundell Winchester and midfielder Andre Rampersad among his surprise inclusions. The Soca Warriors need wins over the Bahamas and Nicaragua, on 24 and 27 …

Well, okay then. After just two matches, the only team in the TT Premier Football League 1 left with a 100 percent record is Terminix La Horquetta Rangers—largely because they haven’t actually played yet. Rangers got special permission to skip the opening two weeks of competition due to a pre-arranged …

I have a friend who I will call Jarndyce, to protect his identity and save him from victimization. His story is this. Jarndyce is in his sixties and suffered a major failure of his eyesight in January 2020 as a result of glaucoma, which is a clandestine destroyer of sight—because …

These days I feel like Marvin Gaye, the singer of the 1971 Billboard hit “What’s going on?” Confronted by the incessant kangkalang, his lyrics become most relevant. Mother, mother/ There’s too many of you crying/ Brother, brother, brother/ There’s far too many of you dying Father, father,/ We don’t need …

A youthful W Connection FC team put last week’s subpar start to the inaugural Trindad and Tobago Premier Football League (TTPFL) 1 season behind them, as they got a well-earned 2-1 victory over Police FC at the St James Barracks yesterday evening. Connection, who looked like a bunch of misfits …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will again be without the services of attacking midfielder Kevin Molino when they face The Bahamas and Nicaragua in crucial Concacaf Nations League fixtures on 23 and 27 March respectively. Molino, 32, is ruled out for three weeks, according to a TTFA …

LAST August, I wrote about Wishing for Wings, the 2013 book by Debbie Jacob, and the 2022 film by Dr Kim Johnson. I’d written about the indefatigable efforts of these two in promoting the culture of this melodious, cacophonous paradox called Trinidad and Tobago. The film’s premiere was then being …

“[…] Despite the refusal of European governments to engage the issue, the moral landscape across the world has changed discernibly in favour of reparatory justice for native genocide and chattel slavery. “[…] An increasing number of Caribbean people are coming to terms with the true horror of racialised Chattel Slavery… …

Guaya United business development manager Jameson Rigues was elected tonight as the new Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) president, by a slender vote of 10-9 over Eastern Football Association (EFATT) president Kieron Edwards. Rigues replaces Prison Services superintendent Lee Davis, who resigned on 23 January 2023—after a motion by …

They scored how many? Beatnix Sports Club were the first big winners of the 2023 Republic Cup National Youth Football League, as they thumped 12 unanswered goals past the beleaguered Elton John Youth Academy in East Zone Under-17 action at the Eddie Hart Savannah in Tacarigua on Saturday 11 March. …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team closed off their preparation for next week’s Concacaf Nations League assignments with a creditable goalless draw against Jamaica in Kingston tonight. The Reggae Boyz had most of the ball but, again, rarely threatened while the Soca Warriors often looked the more dangerous …

“[…] Gary Lineker, an accomplished former footballer for England, tweeted that the government set out an ‘immeasurably cruel policy being directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s’. “One sympathetic piece in The Guardian (UK) suggested that Gary can become …