Club Sando maintained their rich vein of form in the 2017 Pro League season with a third successive win—and their biggest scalp to boot—as they edged San Juan Jabloteh 2-1 in action at the Barataria Recreation Ground today. Jabloteh, the 2017 Caribbean Club Championship runners-up, opened the scoring through full …
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Dear Editor: T&T’s only hope is to abandon neo-colonial system left by pirates and sea dogs
“Because we are too spineless in the face of our failed colonial realities, we must now live in fear of a generation that will have theirs: by any means necessary. “They cannot be blamed, for it is we who failed to confront the new pirates head-on, so that generations to …
Read More »TTSL in election mode: Look Loy, Ottley discuss visions and potential conflicts of interest
The Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) will hold its first formal elections on 9 August at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Balmain, Couva with interim president and FC Santa Rosa coach Keith Look Loy likely to be challenged for the head job and a seat on the Trinidad and …
Read More »Pro League scores: Rangers stun Central, Stars hold Connection in top of table clash
Teenaged forward Josh Toussaint scored the decisive goal for MIC-It St Ann’s Rangers tonight as the Pro League’s table proppers stunned defending champions Central FC 1-0 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. It was Central’s first loss this season and their second straight weekend without a win, after the …
Read More »Shock call-ups for Keon Daniel, Keron Clarke and Isaiah Hudson in T&T squad to face Ecuador
Unattached maverick playmaker Keon Daniel, FC Santa Rosa forward Keron Clarke and teenaged W Connection attacker Isaiah Hudson were three surprise call-ups today as Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence selected a 26-man provisional squad to play Ecuador in Guayaquil on 26 July. The friendly international is …
Read More »DJW confirms Couva switch for Honduras WCQ, TTFA plots Emancipation Day friendly
The Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team will play their do-or-die World Cup qualifier against Honduras on 1 September at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva from 8pm. It will be the first time in eight years that the Soca Warriors play a World Cup qualifying home match outside of the …
Read More »Come on, you Gunners! A T&T Arsenal fan urges ‘couch coaches’ to try positivity
I love football, I love English football and, more specifically, I love EPL football team Arsenal. I consider myself a huge fan and anytime I get the opportunity to watch one of their games in person I will take it. I changed my Cable TV plan to ensure that I can …
Read More »Afra scrutinises Central Bank; have CL Financial bailout lessons been ignored?
In today’s world of alternative facts, we have to be alert to the special dangers posed by ‘false equivalence.’ False equivalence arises when two arguments are presented as being of equal relevance but, in fact, one is solidly fact-based and the other is mere speculation or invention. As recent events …
Read More »STREET VIBES: Fuad, we Khan take no more! T&T sick of doctors’ irresponsible behaviour
To say that the level of irresponsibility in this nation is lamentable is an understatement; we could accurately use much stronger language. But the discovery of a foetus in the refrigerator of a doctor’s office in South gave us a clear demonstration of precisely how pathetic and irresponsible some people …
Read More »T&T clinch Ecuador friendly in Guayaquil; still mulling over playing Sept WCQ in Couva
The Soca Warriors will resume preparations for September’s vital 2018 World Cup qualifying matches with a trip to Guayaquil for friendly international action on 26 July. Ecuador are ranked 31st in the world by FIFA—almost 50 places above Trinidad and Tobago, who are at 78. However, both teams are expected to …
Read More »Pro League scores: Central concede ground after goalless draw with Morvant Caledonia
Defending Pro League champions Central FC slipped to four points behind joint leaders W Connection and North East Stars last night after a goalless draw against Morvant Caledonia United at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The “Couva Sharks” have not conceded a single goal in four Pro League outings …
Read More »Was Top Cop right to scoff at low detection rates? A criminologist makes arresting case
“The theories of legitimacy and procedural justice offer the best explanation. In countries where the State and its institutions are deemed legitimate and fair, increases in arrests and detentions tend to produce the expected deterrent effect. “However, in other jurisdictions, when the State and the exercise of State power are …
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