“[…] I believe that stepping down from my current role is a necessary step to pursue this new challenge with the utmost integrity and ethical consideration. “It is important to me that my candidacy for the presidency is not perceived as a conflict of interest as I would be seeking …

Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica played to a goalless draw at the Larry Gomes Stadium today, in the second and final game of their two-match senior international friendly series. The result sees the Reggae Boyz leave the twin island republic without conceding a goal, after the visitors won 1-0 at …

This week, we witnessed the funeral of Ezekiel Paria, who was shot while riding a bicycle in his village. It was tragic. His dreams and his mother’s hopes were snuffed out through indiscriminate shooting on a main road. But have we thought for a moment about the young woman, 15 …

The centrality of the Panorama competition to the steelband movement cannot be doubted.  However, there are some downsides to it receiving paramount attention. In the Newsday, early last week, Mark Lyndersay penetratingly labelled Carnival as “an entrenched competition economy” and summarised the deficiencies of Carnival in its current form as …

It’s an idea just taking root, and having thrown it out last week, I figure I could try to see how it could take shape. By headlining that column “A Ministry of Festivals” people got locked inside an idea of an entity akin to the existing Ministry of Culture, although …

Twenty-two debutants; 15 substitutes; one yellow card; closed doors; ungodly 3pm start. Outside of that, it was a typically attritional encounter between Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, with the visitors coming away with a hard-fought 1-0 win. One of Jamaica’s 13 debutants, 19-year-old Kaheim Dixon, scored the only goal of …

The NLCL U19 Community Cup starts its business end this weekend with eight teams kicking off the knockout phase of the competition at the Larry Gomes and Mannie Ramjohn Stadia. Defending champions Soccer Made Simple (SMS) play Gasparillo Youths from 3pm on Sunday 3 March in the second fixture of …

How do we get our brilliant steelbands and their significant numbers of youthful players and supporters back on the road on Carnival days? The steelbands are a unifying and healing force and are capable of mitigating the divisiveness and socio-economic exclusivity with which the Carnival band scene is riddled. Carnival …

The next president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) will be either Kieron Edwards or Colin Wharfe. Wharfe, the TTPFL CEO, said he beat the deadline to confirm his candidacy yesterday and shared his slate with the public today via press release. His running partners are: Colonel Keston …

Seventeen-year-old Fatima College student Michael Chaves was among 26 players selected to represent the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team in two friendlies against Jamaica on 1 and 3 March respectively. Chaves, who represented Trinidad and Tobago last night in their 3-0 Concacaf U-20 Qualifying series defeat to Canada, …

Eastern Football Association (EFATT) president Kieron Edwards yesterday became the first candidate for the 2024 Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) presidential election to name his full slate. Edwards, a director at TTPFL team Terminix La Horquetta Rangers, is challenging the post of president at the Saturday 13 April election. …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team head coach Brian Haynes admitted that his players were not fully prepared for their do-or-die Concacaf U-20 Qualifier against Canada on Tuesday night at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. The young Soca Warriors were soundly beaten 3-0 by Canada, who will now advance to …