The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team are pushing themselves towards full fitness, as they prepare for next week’s 2016 Olympic qualifying competition in Houston, Texas. The “Women Soca Warriors” will play their opening qualifier on February 11 against Guatemala at the BBVA Compass Stadium before they face Canada …

Japs North East Stars transfer target, Dwane James, was announced yesterday as an Antigua GFC player, as the Guatemalan champions confirmed that the 27 year old utility player will join their roster next season. James’ move is a blow to Stars coach Ross Russell who hoped to have the former …

Dr Sherene Kalloo launched a broadside yesterday against Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh and his almost jokey war against the Zika virus, pre-empting a column I had already half-written, titled “Man vs Mosquito.” Dr Kalloo argued that Minister Deyalsingh’s declaration of war against Zika and the Aedes Egypti mosquito by deploying …

Caribbean Football Union (CFU) president Gordon Derrick said he was surprised by Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams’ decision to give his support to UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino for the FIFA presidential elections on February 26. Infantino is one of five candidates for the FIFA presidency …

The roller coaster ride for Trinidad and Tobago football star Maylee Attin-Johnson shows no signs of slowing. The “Women Soca Warriors” captain is making her presence felt throughout the football fraternity with the success of her three-a-side youth football competition. The Attin-Johnson Initiative was the Trinidad and Tobago international’s first attempt at producing and …

Anytime the following three words, “Trinbagonians”, “frugal” and “Carnival”, can be found in the same sentence, thou knowest the time is near. (Source: The first book of Bacchanal 1:2-3). And, this morning, the management of Destra Garcia’s Queen of Bacchanal concert was forced to cancel its show, titled “Queen”, which …

If yesterday’s Pro League clash between DIRECTV W Connection and Japs North East Stars was a boxing contest, then Stars coach Ross Russell would have been forgiven for tossing a towel into the ring within the opening 31 minutes at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. That would have been …

Just as the heart was groaning under the weight of yet another foreign franchise coming to serve us coffee, in floats Ras Nijinsky to turn the imperial order upside down before sending it forth, unrecognisable to itself in ras and drag. This Minshall Ras Mas is, indeed, a high mas, …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) allegedly turned to axed American coach Randy Waldrum yesterday in a vain effort to get warm-up matches for the “Women Soca Warriors” before their CONCACAF 2016 Olympic qualifying series kicks off against Guatemala on February 11 in Houston. Waldrum, who the TTFA replaced …

Port of Spain suffers from personality disorder, for a long time now, and so does many of its environs. This disorder, sometimes described as split or multiple personality disorder, is defined by Psychology Today as “a condition wherein a person’s identity is fragmented into two or more distinct personalities.” Each …

Play Whe San Juan Jabloteh rebounded from their crushing 5-0 midweek loss to defending champions, Central FC, to climb to fourth in the 10-team Pro League standings with a 3-2 win over bottom placed St Ann’s Rangers at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. Jabloteh got all three goals in …

Eighteen year old Trinidad and Tobago winger Levi Garcia lifted another record off legendary compatriot Dwight Yorke today as he came off the substitutes bench to score his first competitive goal for Netherlands Eredivisie club, AZ Alkmaar, in a 3-0 win over NEC at the Goffertstadion in Nijmegen. “I’m extremely …