“People always asked me why ‘Nelly’ gets on like this; and I would always say try growing up with everyone against you, when you’re always in defensive mode… He was the strongest person I knew. I would try to pattern myself after his style of play but it was like no …

We’d love nine wins! But six wins and three losses would be enough; with that round robin tally, Jason Holder and his 14 acolytes can feed the millions of West Indian mouths which have long hungered for World Cup cricketing success. That would be a miracle, you say? And so? …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence looks like holding faith in his regular core players for the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup tournament, as he ignored a host of potential wildcard selections for his trip to Japan this weekend. The Soca Warriors leave Trinidad tomorrow in …

“[Jason Marcano] didn’t want to beat a player once, he wanted to beat him two or three times. But he was bright enough to adjust and be able to use his ability within a team structure…” “When you talk about a model professional player, he is one. Most of my …

“The police and the police commissioner are not supposed to declare war on the citizens of the country. They are supposed to bridge the gaps and develop and maintain good relationships with the people in the communities. “[…] The youths in our communities are not criminals by nature; it is …

Men’s National Under-23 Team head coach-in-waiting, Angus Eve, is urging Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and his Board to accept that they are not up to the job of running local football and resign with immediate effect. Eve’s plea came within 24 hours of a press …

One of these days, truth be told, cricket might well have a new GOAT. Much of India’s massive cricket-mad population is likely to bristle at that suggestion; for them, Sachin Tendulkar’s place as the greatest batsman of all time has never really been in doubt…and never will be. Maybe they …

The financially beleaguered Trinidad and Tobago Football Association is considering withdrawing both their male and female teams from the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games Qualifiers. The Men’s National Under-23 Team were drawn in Group B of the qualifying series alongside Cuba, US Virgin Islands and Barbados, which is due to …

With one match day left to complete the slate of North Zone preliminary fixtures in the 2019 Republic Bank Youth League (RBYL) competition, all but one of the quarterfinal spots have been secured. In the Under-15 category, Trendsetter Hawks ‘A’, RSSR and Santa Cruz United have qualified for the quarters, …

Karma, they say, is a bitch. History’s reputation, as far as I am aware, is not quite so negative. But we are admonished not to ignore it; those who fail to heed its lessons, we are warned, are condemned to repeat it. Beaten by the West Indies in the first …

I read recently that the Ministry of Education has ordered the Arima Hindu School, located on Temple Street to be closed, as consequence of an upsurge of crime in that community. Now I don’t want to jump the ‘gun’, since there was to be a meeting at the Arima Town …

I drove past the Petrotrin refinery one night and felt the stillness that darkness provides. In my imagination, I saw the stare of thousands of eyes from the darkness. It is now six months since Petrotrin chairman Wilfred Espinet wielded his axe, with the full permission of the current government, …