Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis and former National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad and Tobago (NAAATT) president Ephraim Serrette this morning expressed shock and anguish at the untimely passing of 29-year-old track star Deon Lendore. Lendore, a three-time Olympian who won bronze in the 4 …

One of my most vivid memories of Andrew Jennings came on our second meeting, after a media conference at the Trinidad Hilton in the build-up to the 2001 Fifa Under-17 World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago. It was an elegant event, attended by then Fifa president Sepp Blatter, with every …

Cricket West Indies (CWI) and Cricket Ireland (CI) have announced the postponement of tomorrow’s CG Insurance One-day International between the two nations, owing to five positive Covid-19 cases plus two injuries. West Indies won the first ODI of the three-game series on Saturday and were due to face Ireland again …

“[…] For 1950s’ audiences in Trinidad and Tobago, seeing Sidney Poitier on screen in significant roles was a revelation. This was no longer Hattie McDaniel and Butterfly McQueen of Gone with the Wind, Stepin’ Fetchit of so many stereotyped portrayals of the black buffoon or the walk-on appearances by black …

“[…] The Sir Desmond Haynes-led panel should, as its very first order of business, announce the implementation of a new selection-related fitness policy. “Our suggested policy would require all CWI contracted players as well as those others who are in contention for immediate selection on West Indies teams to be …

The People’s National Movement (PNM) campaigned obsessively in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) elections  on the issue of the suitability of Watson Duke for office, and lost comprehensively.   Days later, it began trying to discredit the winning party by reference to Duke’s alleged conflicts of interest. The court …

Growing up as a child of the ‘50s, you learned that ‘laugh and cry does live in the same house’. This piece of folk wisdom meant that after joy will come sorrow.  The reverse is also true: ‘weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning’. The …

Former Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team star Ahkeela Mollon has had a mixed start to her new career as an international coach.  Whether Mollon is saint or sinner, villain or victim, depends on whom you speak to in Anguilla, though. And after 14 months on the job as …

West Indies middle-order batsman Shamarh Brooks was the difference today as the Maroon Men held off Ireland to win the first of three CG Insurance One-day Internationals (ODI) at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica. Brooks, who made his ODI debut at the ripe age of 33, scored 93 runs (89 …

Former West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan has been appointed as the third member of the Men’s Senior Selection Panel. In an announcement today, Cricket West Indies revealed that the 41-year-old former middle-order batsman will join lead selector Desmond Haynes and head coach Phil Simmons on the Senior Selection Panel and …

And still the Wired868 Fantasy Football leader… Dia Hunte ‘KingPool’ has now enjoyed pole position for three successive months in the Wired868 Lime Kickers group, as he rounded off the Old Year as overall winner and December 2021 champ. A feat made all the more remarkable as the England Premier …

Cricket West Indies (CWI) today appointed legendary former West Indies cricketer Dr Desmond Haynes as its new chief selector for the Senior Men’s Team.  Haynes, a former senator in the Barbados Parliament, will lead the selection panel until 30 June 2024—a period that includes the 2022 and 2024 T20 World …