Success Laventille Secondary student Aaliyah Prince banged in a hattrick this morning as the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-15 Team got its first win of the CONCACAF Under-15 Championships today with a 4-0 win over the Dominican Republic at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Arena in Orlando, Florida. …
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PHRASER’S STYLE: The Ballad of Fitzroy Coleman
Fitzroy Coleman fingers dancing on the fret. And when you think that he through, he aint start nothing yet… “Calypso Music”, David Rudder While Rudder’s lyrics are now a clichéd reference to the jazz/calypso guitar great, it is Fitzroy Haynes Coleman’s saviour from obscurity in the land he was born …
Read More »T&T U-15 women lose 22-0 to USA; Coach: Great experience for the young girls
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-15 Team lost by an astounding 22-0 margin to the United States today in the opening day of the 2016 CONCACAF Under-15 competition in Orlando, Florida. The score was a record for the CONCACAF tournament and a massive humbling for Trinidad and Tobago, as …
Read More »ReUnited and it feels so good; Red-hot Vincent sends Matura top of Premiership table
There was a change at the top of the National Super League (NSL) Premiership Division on the weekend as Matura ReUnited jumped from fourth to first with a 2-1 win away to Marabella Family Crisis Centre at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium training field on Sunday. Matura got goals either side …
Read More »Apology to Dr Rowley; Shah offers concern for PM’s health and opens up on life with Parkinson’s Disease
I had no idea that Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley might have been seriously ill when I slammed into him last week for failing to take full charge of his responsibilities to the country. Upon reading that Dr Rowley might have an ailment which requires him to have a series of medical …
Read More »T&T U-17 coaching interviews start today; rumoured interest from Latapy
Trinidad and Tobago’s Under-17 male footballers can finally expect to welcome a new coach in the coming days. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) looks set to begin interviews for the vacant post today and the new appointee, it is expected, will be named by the end of the …
Read More »Raucous in Rio: Hot Chow, Sailor Mas and Phelps vs Soucouyant
Some Hot Trini Chow in allyuh pueffen! Good news for Trinidad and Tobago’s Rio 2016 Olympic couch surfers this morning as rower Felice Chow became the country’s first competitor to advance from the group stage in Rio de Janeiro. Chow, 39, placed second in her heat in the Repechage event …
Read More »Raucous in Rio: Slippery Dick’s short and bittersweet moment of history
Well, if we are being honest, Marisa Dick’s Rio 2016 Olympic berth looked pretty slippery, even before she got up on the uneven bars today. Dick’s Olympic tryst, which was history in the making for Trinidad and Tobago gymnastics, was short and bittersweet. She executed the “Dick mount” en route …
Read More »Understanding The Thing: Daly muses over T&T’s curious self-esteem
As mentioned in this column recently we are a society pock-marked by destructive shade preference practiced by citizens of all descents, even within ethnically kindred groups. I had intended to return to the subject because in my view there is an inextricable link between the violent crime that is again …
Read More »Raucous in Rio: Live Wire envies the Tonga man, serves Chow and touches that Dick again
“Whoday Whoday oy!” As it turns out, the first major event of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games was synchronised oogling, as the Tonga man—the nation’s flag bearer and taekwondo fighter Pita Nikolas Taufatofua—became the first hit of the most popular sporting event on the planet by whipping up an oil …
Read More »I’m ready! Keshorn prepares for next chapter in extraordinary Olympic story
“It just felt natural to me and I loved the challenge,” said Trinidad and Tobago javelin thrower Keshorn Walcott, as he discussed the sport that propelled him to international fame. “I would push myself each and every day and say I want to throw further than the day before. And …
Read More »Letter to the Editor: GATE must be fair to all genders and age groups
Retired Agricultural officer and mature GATE student, Yolanda Morean, shares her concerns on the new GATE changes with Wired868: GATE must be fair to all genders and age groups. Many middle aged and elderly persons have lived lives of sacrifice taking care of others instead of themselves. It is my—albeit unsubstantiated—belief …
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