Interim Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve was rewarded with a two-year contract today, which should see him lead the Soca Warriors through the 2022-23 Concacaf Nations League competition. His new contract expires on 31 March 2023. Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad made the …
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CPL 2021: Allen, Sherfane set St Kitts alight as Bravo’s Patriots thump Tallawahs
The Patriots being the home team, after Wednesday evening’s events at Warner Park in St Kitts, the Caribbean Premier League may well find itself accused of condoning domestic violence. Led by Sherfane Rutherford’s third half-century and with a late 12-ball 30 from Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo’s high-flying troops beat the …
Read More »Dear Editor: Open letter to T&T’s women—vaccinate your children and your households
“[…] Sisters, I urge you to make the right choice and ensure that all our eligible children are vaccinated, so that they can carry those school bags into their schools again. “Just as we carried them as babes in arms to get their first vaccinations, let us now ensure that …
Read More »T&T wants First World policing from Third World model: Griffith, data and decolonising the TTPS
“[…] It is well documented that the history of policing in Trinidad and Tobago has been characterised as bearing the undesirable feature of paramilitarism… Joan Mars, Guyanese sociologist and policing scholar, when commenting on policing during the colonial times argued that this model of policing was characterised by: “An emphasis …
Read More »CPL 2021: Pooran’s Warriors seal double over Pollard’s TKR in Super Over thriller
Akeal Hosein thought he had won it with a magnificent, one-handed catch on the cover boundary in the 18th over of the second innings of regulation play. Shimron Hetmyer thought he had lost it with a fumble on the mid-wicket boundary on the fourth ball of the super over. In …
Read More »CPL 2021: Fletcher’s unbeaten 81 in vain as Pollard’s TKR avenge surprise loss
One day fuh police, they say, one day fuh tief. Cricket does not always work that way but on Tuesday at Warner Park in St Kitts, it did. Faf du Plessis’ St Lucia Kings, victors when they stopped Kieron Pollard’s Trinbago Knight Riders five runs short of their 157 for …
Read More »CPL 2021: CT scan of a WI cricketing brain: how Royals’ Raymon Reifer tamed Tallawahs
Just before the 2016 ICC T20 World Cup knockout round began, England’s Mark Nicholas dismissed the West Indies as no-hopers on the grounds that West Indians ‘have no brains’. It is a view that hardly flatters the other teams; the record shows that Daren Sammy’s WI went on to win …
Read More »MSJ: Let’s stop trying to change the party in power and try changing the political arrangements
On the occasion of the 59th Anniversary of the Independence of Trinidad and Tobago, political leader of the Movement for Social Justice David Abdulah is calling on citizens and patriots to embrace the vision of the Second Republic offered by his party. It should be clear to all, says he, …
Read More »Fantasy Football: Antonio drops the Hammer as August ends with three-way split on top
Future ‘Reggae Boyz’ forward Michail Antonio not only toted West Ham United on his back this month. ‘Grandmaster Bubbles’ also put at least one giant meal on the tables of Daniel Geelalsingh, Nigel Seerattan and Andre Roberts as well, as the trio ended at the Wired868 Lime Kickers leaderboard for …
Read More »T2021 W/C: MPD selects Hope to open with Lewis in WI XI but Gayle goes only as mentor
“[…] Age catches up with the best of us. In [Chris] Gayle’s case, that has meant waning hand/eye co-ordination, considerably less energy in the field and greater proneness to injury—all factors that have led to inconsistency in scores and fewer innings of note. “The Australia half-century—his first since 2016!—was nothing …
Read More »CPL 2021: Kings hit back with exciting 5-run win as Pollard’s TKR tally 60 dot balls in second loss
So often the hero for Trinbago Knight Riders, Colin Munro could not buy a boundary on a difficult pitch at Warner Park in St Kitts on Sunday morning. And in the end, it cost the defending champions, who went under to lowly St Lucia Kings by five runs in Match …
Read More »Constitution of the Unified Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (UFCTT)
The Unified Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago Constitution was adopted and ratified by an extraordinary general meeting of UFCTT Members on 15 August 2021. It was researched and prepared and drafted by Osmond O Downer for the UFCTT. Article 1 Name and Affiliation: i.This Association shall be called the …
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