Malabar Young Stars ace forward Jorel ‘J-Boy’ Grant had an off evening yesterday at the George Boyce Recreation Ground on the Arima Old Road. Cantaro United playmaker Nathaniel ‘Bubba’ Perouse skipped the affair altogether in a literal sense. And with neither player in the thick of things, the top-of-the-table NLCL …
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AC Port of Spain forfeits NLCL U-19 match due to ‘Covid outbreak’, other fixtures on schedule
AC Port of Spain football club today became the first known sports team to forfeit a domestic fixture owing to Covid-19, as the Pro League outfit withdrew their youth side from a NLCL Under-19 Community Cup clash with Soccer Made Simple (SMS) this afternoon. AC PoS, who are fifth in …
Read More »Dear Editor: Should WI scrap the retainer contract system? Is CWI getting value for money?
“[…] As the governing body of WI cricket, CWI has to shoulder the blame for the nonsense arrangement whereby players collect a monthly salary from the board and, when selection time comes around, turn up and fail a fitness test. “[…] Is it not fair to conclude that they are …
Read More »Vaneisa: The enduring Master Blaster; why West Indies legend Viv Richards is the greatest
Every now and again, I indulge in a binge fest of Viv Richards. It’s therapeutic. Maybe it was triggered by his 70th birthday on 7 March, but it was such an intense submersion that I felt compelled to write about why Viv Richards resides in my mind as the greatest …
Read More »Dear Editor: Stop stigmatising single-parent families and consider deeper causes of school violence
“[…] Is it that two pandemic years at home have left some of our school children confused and unable to distinguish between video games and real life? Is it that the violence-filled ‘entertainment’, often the only type of entertainment they are exposed to in our cinemas and elsewhere, has dulled …
Read More »Off-colour goalie helps Point Fortin YA upset Moruga FC in NLCL match-up at Techier
What do you get when the top-of-the-table team meets the cellar-placed team in the Next Level Consultant Ltd (NLCL) Under-19 Community Cup? A 3-0 win, right? Right! Well, that was the margin in NLCL action last evening at the Techier Ground in Point Fortin where Point Fortin Youth Academy (PFYA) …
Read More »TTFA holds screening for ‘high performance’ boys and girls teams between 12-15
The following is a release from the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA): The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association will be hosting screening sessions for girls between the ages of 13 and 15 years and boys between the ages of 12 and 14 years both in Trinidad and Tobago geared …
Read More »Vaneisa: Taking liberties; the issue with Winford James’ ‘loose hypothesis’ on Indian/Hindi names
Having admitted that he hardly knows anything about ‘sub-continental Indian/Hindi naming conventions’, Winford James proceeded to write a column in last Sunday’s Guardian that revealed that he did not even bother to inform himself before presenting readers with an interpretation that was breathtakingly appalling. Declaring that he is ‘a big, …
Read More »Early Bird: Conversations with Keith Smith, a journalist looking to make T&T and the world a better place
Keith Smith left us in early February. I know that but I still don’t remember the precise date. And one February afternoon this year, a phone call from a former colleague brought back a fond memory of him. A timely one. “Covid’s over,” she complained, “but I still cyar see …
Read More »Seales, Shermon, Carty and Phillip in new-look WI ODI squad; Bravo, Evin, Roach, Odean among exclusions
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) selection panel announced six changes to the West Indies One-day International (ODI) Team for the tour to the Netherlands and Pakistan from 31 May, under new white ball captain Nicholas Pooran. Batsmen Rovman Powell, Keacy Carty and allrounder Kyle Mayers have been added to the …
Read More »Dear Editor: Arima Municipal Police disrespected Malabar’s young footballers and the Borough
“[…] The evident disrespect of the Arima Municipal Police was one for the books last Thursday as they came with a mission to clearly obstruct young men with talent, living in communities with no respect for the police. “What do we expect after such incidents? […]” The following slightly edited …
Read More »Daly Bread: Our enduring epidemic of denial as violent crime ravages T&T
I am frequently drawn by the direct and uninhibited language of fellow Trinidad Express columnist Joanne Paul. In her commentary last Monday, Dr Paul treated with our massive diabetes problem. Interestingly, from my perspective, she came to the conclusion that it was time to acknowledge the truth. ‘Things are …
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