The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team completed their Queen’s Friendly Tournament adventure last night with a heavy defeat, as they fell 3-0 to hosts Curaçao at the Stadion Rignaal “Jean” Francisca in Willemstad. The Women Soca Warriors needed a draw at kickoff to win the three-nation tournament. Instead, …

Evolution Football Club’s remarkable rise from near the foot of the Central Zone standings to the title of Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL) National Under-20 champions is difficult to dislodge as the biggest surprise of the 2024 domestic youth football season. But the most memorable team in the …

Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team head coach Richard Hood will go out to win the Queen’s Friendly Tournament outright tonight when the Women Soca Warriors face hosts Curaçao in their final match in Willemstad. At present, the Warriors are second in the three-nation tournament after a 1-0 loss …

With increasing frequency, our editorial writers and commentators treat with our dismal crime situation, which is now oppressing the entire country. The Trinidad Express newspaper has emphasized the link between deadly gang warfare and government make-work contracts that have been issued without credible accountability and safeguards for 40-odd years. This …

Last week’s column quoted an INTOSAI (the global body of auditors general) statement: “Independence does not mean an adversary relationship… Collaborative spirit must be the governing rule. “Good relations can help […] to obtain better results. Independence is not only a privilege—it also entails obligations and should not be viewed …

The West Indies cricket team needed all of 19 overs to see off minnows Papua New Guinea today, as the Maroon Men started their 2026 ICC T20 World Cup campaign with an unconvincing win in Providence, Guyana. West Indies captain Rovman Powell led his troops to a five-wicket triumph in …

It has been about 30 years since Vicki-Ann Assevero put down her bucket in the land of her father’s birth. She didn’t come back because of some ancestral pull to Victor’s homeland—it was because she had met and fallen in love with another Trinidadian, the then-minister of finance, Wendell Mottley, …

Veteran Morvant Caledonia United forward Kevon “Showtime” Woodley could make his competitive debut for the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team next week as the 37-year-old Morvant Caledonia United forward was named in coach Angus Eve’s 25-man squad to face Grenada and The Bahamas. Woodley, a former Beach Soccer …

A makeshift Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team made it two wins from two outings in the Queen’s Friendly Tournament last night, as they defeated hosts Curaçao 3-1 at the Stadion Rignaal “Jean” Francisca in Willemstad. Women Soca Warriors head coach Richard Hood travelled to Curaçao with 12 uncapped …

Old enough to have been around when Kapil Dev ran halfway across Lord’s to pouch Viv Richards’ skier, I am scarred. Over four decades after that 1983 sinking of the West Indies’ Titanic, I remain a sceptic, at best a conservative believer in West Indies’ World Cup prowess. In hindsight, …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team overturned an early deficit to defeat Aruba 2-1 tonight in their first outing of the Queen’s Friendly Tournament in Curaçao. Aruba captain Soraya Vierhoeve put the Dutch-speaking islanders ahead with a rasping drive from the edge of the area, after just four …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve will almost certainly have to start his 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign without gifted 23-year-old flanker Tyrese Spicer. Spicer, who was Major League Soccer club Toronto FC’s first round draft pick last year, was included in Eve’s 39-man pool …