The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team suffered a heavy defeat in their first international outing today, as they fell 6-0 away to Peru in a friendly contest. Peru have not won a single game at the South America Under-17 Championship in seven years, while it is 19 years …

San Juan North Secondary will compete in the 2026 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division competition, after the Disciplinary Committee found substance in the Bourg Mulatresse-based school’s protest against Scarborough Secondary last month. Scarborough Secondary edged San Juan North 1-0 at Shaw Park on 15 December, with Jaheim Toney …

West Indies head coach Daren Sammy said his players are capable of lifting the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title, as the regional board revealed its 15-member squad today. The T20 World Cup will be played in India and Sri Lanka from 6 February to 9 March, and West …

A dear friend sent me a despondent message in response to my lament about divisive and crass online comments. “I want you to identify for me anyone else who has integrity that you know of personally in the world, because I can’t find too many,” he said. My first reaction …

January arrives quietly. After the noise of Christmas and the forced optimism of New Year’s resolutions, the world exhales. The decorations come down. Life resumes. Carnival beckons. It is in this quieter month—often overlooked, rarely celebrated—that we mark Cervical Cancer Awareness. There is something painfully appropriate about that. Cervical cancer …

On 7 April 2002, at the time when the House of Representatives was deadlocked 18-18 and was unable to elect a speaker, the first of these weekly columns was published. It was entitled Equal Shame. I pointed then, at the outset of my journey as a weekly columnist, to our …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-17 Team had to settle for one point tonight, as they were held 2-2 by Curaçao in a thrilling, feisty affair at the Stadion Rignaal ‘Jean’ Francisca in Willemstad, Curaçao. The clash kicked off Group F in the Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Qualifiers. El Salvador …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team completed a mini-exhibition tournament last night, with a 1-1 draw against the Grenada National Under-20 Team at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The tie followed emphatic wins over the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines U-20s (6-0) and a youthful AC Port …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team head coach Marvin Gordon suggested that he has just two outfield players left to look at, as he prepares to select his squad for the opening qualifying round of their 2027 Fifa Under-20 World Cup campaign. Last night, Trinidad and Tobago whipped a …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team head coach Marvin Gordon said his players are “60 percent there”, after they cruised to a 6-0 win over Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva last night, in the first of two international friendlies this week. Attacker …

Trinidad and Tobago can face estranged neighbours Venezuela in a football battle this March, after the South American nation was drawn with the Soca Warriors for the upcoming Fifa Series. Venezuela, ranked 50th in the world by Fifa, replace Iceland in a four-nation group that includes Gabon and hosts Uzbekistan. …

We can’t pretend that this society, our society, has not become ugly and hateful. The place has been practically reduced to internecine warfare, spewing venom-like mud volcanoes. Try as you might to avert your eyes and focus on the little sparks of decency and beauty that still refuse to be …