The Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 team will face its first major test of character tomorrow evening at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia when the young “Soca Warriors” kick off against host nation St Lucia in a vital Chile 2015 Under-17 World Cup qualifier. At present, Trinidad and Tobago …

Trinidad and Tobago and United Petrotrin winger Mariah Shade was an unlikely hero tonight as the “Soca Princesses” overcame a potentially awkward assignment to whip Antigua and Barbuda 3-0 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. The result assured the Soca Princesses of their place at October’s CONCACAF …

Trinidad and Tobago national senior women’s team star Kennya “YaYa” Cordner was ruled out of tonight’s Caribbean Cup clash against the Antigua and Barbuda and possibly the remainder of the competition after a heart scare yesterday. The 25-year-old Cordner, who plays professionally for Seattle Reign FC Reserve in the United …

Local businessmen Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson are accused of various fraud charges arising out of the construction of the Piarco Airport Development Project in 2002. For over ten years the case still remains in an inquiry state, while both men have been resisting extradition to the United States to …

No one could doubt what Liverpool manager Brendon Rodgers would have done if Morpheus offered him the blue or red pill in the “Matrix.” Liverpool is about to go back down the rabbit hole after England’s sleeping giant agreed a 16 million fee for Italian maverick Mario Balotelli. Well, it …

The Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 football team opened its Chile 2015 World Youth Cup qualifying campaign with a handy 2-0 win over Grenada yesterday evening at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia. Defender Tekay Hoyce put the young “Soca Warriors” ahead after just four minutes before striker Dereem Daniel …

Trinidad and Tobago could lose its reputation as a tourism destination if the national senior women’s team keep this up. The “Soca Princesses” certainly did not give their St Kitts and Nevis guests much time to enjoy the scenery at the Hasely Crawford Stadium as the host team opened its …

Finally, Trinidad and Tobago is getting the police service it wants and deserves. Whether it is the police service that the country needs is another question entirely. On Monday, a 20-year-old mother of one, Shantel Ali Bocus, and 35-year-old Marvin Trotman were brought before a San Fernando Magistrate for smoking …

Earl Best looks back at the 2014 Limacol CPL and forward to Bangladesh’s Caribbean tour: Congratulations are in order for Keiron Pollard and his victorious Barbados Tridents. The heavens had to intervene to hand them the 2014 Caribbean Premier League title but it wasn’t quite the miracle I had said …

Chapter seven: The Brothers have plenty IMAGINE the three million tickets for the World Cup piled up in a mountain of cardboard. You love football? You want a tiny part of that mountain? You can try through FIFA’s lotteries or buying through national associations. All fans are equal in the …

The Trinidad and Tobago national women’s team will start its Canada 2015 World Cup campaign on Wednesday night at the Hasely Crawford Stadium without its 52-year-old American head coach Randy Waldrum. Instead, Waldrum’s 33-year-old son, Ben Waldrum, will run the Trinidad and Tobago squad in his father’s place when the …

The Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 football team was brimming with confidence today, despite the shortcomings of the squad’s preparation, as the young “Soca Warriors” set off for the first qualifying phase of its Chile 2015 Under-17 World Cup. “We’re going there with every intention of topping the group and …