The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team completed their two-match friendly series with Peru today, with a 6-1 loss in Lima. The games were preparation for the Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers, which start on Tuesday 3 February with Trinidad and Tobago hosting Group F at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in …

The Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Disciplinary Committee’s ruling to penalise Scarborough Secondary for fielding sixth form student Johan Elliot in their final Premier Division fixture against San Juan North Secondary left the Tobago school distraught for multiple reasons. First, it spoiled a remarkable comeback. When Scarborough Secondary replaced head …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-17 Team got their first win of the 2026 Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers tonight, as they trounced Barbados 8-2 at the Stadion Rignaal ‘Jean’ Francisca in Willemstad, Curaçao. After a 2-2 draw against Curaçao on Saturday, the Women Soca Warriors needed a lopsided result to …

Pleasantville Secondary, the reigning 2025 Girls National Intercol champions, swept aside a weakened St Joseph’s Convent (Port of Spain) team 10-0 at the St Anthony’s College ground yesterday, to advance to the Girls Big Five final. They will meet Signal Hill Secondary in the final on a date to be …

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 …