The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-20 Team opened their 2025 Concacaf Championship Qualifiers on a winning note tonight, as they defeated Bermuda 3-0 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. But it was not as straightforward as it sounds. For the first hour of the match, both sides were …

I support Melbourne Cricket Club president Mark Neita’s view that the best white ball players should play Test cricket for West Indies—but can it happen in reality? When famous England Premier League football club Manchester United lost 3-1 to Brighton on 19 January 2025, their coach Ruben Amorim described his …

“[…] While the team fell just short of qualification for the Fifa U-17 Men’s World Cup after a 2-0 defeat to the host nation in their final match, we recognize and applaud the dedication, effort, and determination displayed throughout the tournament. “Narrowly missing out on what would have been our …

When the Champions Trophy tournament begins in Pakistan today, West Indies will not be among the eight competing teams. But Cricket West Indies’ director of cricket Miles Bascombe has had precious little to say on that score. With little fanfare, the former West Indies captain Daren Sammy has risen to …

Calypsonian Fire Tender, aka singer-songwriter Gillian Moore, offers a suggestion to men who pretend to love women in order to get sex with her Carnival 2025 ‘womanisfesto’. Leave She Alone is arranged by Phil Hill, and includes drummer Gerard Rajkumar, bassist Joanna Hussain, guitarist John Hussain, and jazz horn player …

Three goals in the space of five minutes were enough for Moka Lions FC as they roared past Carrat Shed FFA 4-1 on Sunday, in a Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL) South Zone Under-17 Division clash at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium Training Field II, Marabella. On Match Day …

Are the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team failures for their inability to defeat Costa Rica in their own backyard in a do-or-die World Cup qualifier? Are Soca Warriors supporters justified in expecting wins in such scenarios, within the context of the two football nations? Head coach Shawn Cooper …

A recent couple of conversations reminded me of how people find different ways to cope with trauma. The brain can introduce a kind of amnesia to block out emotionally shattering events. After a particularly loaded discussion, my friend said that she remembered so many painful things, that what surprised her …

Trinidad and Tobago could not take the final qualifying spot at stake for the Qatar 2025 Fifa U-17 World Cup, as the young Soca Warriors fell 2-0 away to hosts Costa Rica last night at the Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto in Alajuela. It meant Los Ticos advanced to the World …

Natasha Wilson’s words came to me while reflecting on my interview with Keith Look Loy. In significant ways, her calypso summed up Keith’s sentiments: Sweet T&T, is my country/ I want you to know that I love you/ Every creed and race, have an equal place/ So let’s work together …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team will go into their final group stage match against Costa Rica on Sunday with their fate in their own hands, as they remained within two points of the host nation and group leaders today. There were smiles too as, after two relatively …

Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-20 Team head coach Dernelle Mascall announced her 21-member squad today to compete in the Concacaf U-20 Women’s Qualifiers, which kicks off on Thursday 20 February at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The junior Women Soca Warriors start their campaign against Bermuda from 6pm …