“[…] What few have that Nigel Neverson had so much of was that ‘grinta’, die-hard, ‘from-the-guts’ desire to never give up and the desire to go past the finish line, as if there were two and three more finish lines to burst through.  “He would always go beyond and beyond …

If I wanted to make my mother Celia steups, I would tell her that Sparrow was better than Kitchener. Of course I did not mean it because I became a Carnival piong when they both ruled town. This column focuses on Kitchener because this year is the 100th anniversary of …

Last Sunday, late at night, I took a flight to the ANR Robinson Airport in Tobago. The journey was unremarkable, but a memory kept rising. That memory was of Mr ANR Robinson on a similar flight, but from Tobago to Port-of-Spain not long after he had split with the then …

Former Trinidad and Tobago national youth team goalkeeper coach Nigel Neverson died today after failing to recover from a stroke. Neverson, a former St Benedict’s College schoolboy, represented Trinidad and Tobago at national youth level in the late 1980s and early 1990s. More recently, he worked as a goalkeeper coach …

Sixteen-year-old Laventille United striker Breana Smith made a dream start to her Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship adventure this evening with a superb lobbed goal with her first touch against Panama at the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. But there was little else for Trinidad and Tobago …

Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-17 Team head coach Jason Spence is hoping that a conservative approach and extra time on the training ground serve his charges well as they kick off their Concacaf campaign on Saturday against Panama from 4pm at the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in the Dominican …

Keith Look Loy is not pleased with certain developments in the TTFA. We know that because he wrote it in a recent comment here on Wired868. Quoted excerpt from TTFA technical director Anton Corneal: “[…] So as far as a technical committee, it will be an advisory committee that I …

“[…] Basil Davis represented the type of persons who were joining the Revolution in their thousands in 1970. He was an ordinary brother from the blocks of Barataria. His now late mother and other family members testified that Basil was a very kind person, who shared what little he had …

“[…] Two days later, Pelham Warner, a youthman from Morvant, was waiting for me by the school gate. He greeted me with the words, ‘I took your poem to Granger (Daaga), and he wants to see you immediately.’ “That very evening, at Waterman Road in Belmont, three NJAC seniors, Makandal …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team will begin their 2022 Concacaf W Championship campaign against reigning Olympic champions, Canada, on 5 July at the Estadio BBVA in Monterrey, Mexico. The Women Soca Warriors then face Costa Rica on 8 July at the Estadio Universitario and Panama on 11 …

West Indies limited overs captain Kieron Pollard announced his retirement from international cricket today, via social media, in a move that appeared to have blindsided Cricket West Indies (CWI). The 34-year-old allrounder is at present plying his trade in India where he represents the Mumbai Indians in the lucrative IPL …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team avoided the more testing group of the 2022 Concacaf W Championship tonight as they were drawn with Canada, Costa Rica and Panama in Group B. Group A, on the other hand, comprises Concacaf superpower the United States, hosts Mexico, Jamaica and Haiti. …