Sports and Games FC Santa Rosa maintained their four point lead atop the National Super League (NSL) Premiership Division with a punishing 5-1 victory over fourth place Petrotrin Palo Seco at the Marvin Lee Stadium yesterday evening. The “Big Cannons” of Santa Rosa finished sixth in the Premiership Division last …

The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive has postponed all Trinidad matches from Wednesday to Thursday afternoon, so as to avoid a fixture clash with the Soca Warriors. The Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team tackle Dominican Republic from 7pm on Wednesday October 5 in 2017 Caribbean Cup qualifying action …

Two Tuesdays ago at a meeting in Mt D’or, Minister of Finance Colm Imbert boasted that there were only two people who knew the contents of the budget, the Prime Minister and himself. The subsequent applause for this revelation is symptomatic of the nature of our state. We are accepting …

It must be considered extraordinary in the life of a country when editorial writers are compelled to call on two of its highest public officials to account for the expenditure of public funds in the space of a few weeks. So much is coming off the rails at the same …

St Anthony’s College relinquished pole position in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division yesterday evening, after suffering their first defeat of the season to a feisty Signal Hill Secondary outfit at Westmoorings. And, as two-time Premier Division champions Naparima College fell 2-1 to Shiva Boys Hindu College in …

Morvant Caledonia United bared their new dentures on the opening game of the 2016/17 Pro League season with a 3-1 win over Point Fortin Civic last night, as the front three of Kordell Samuel, Jair “Sam” Edwards and Jameel “Shotta” Neptune was too much for the hosts at Mahaica Oval. …

“Indeed, the government has to find ways to generate some savings, but wholesale attrition of state-owned entities cannot be a forward-looking strategy. “Especially when looking at them from a profit-loss point of view loses a sense of how some of them may contribute to our recovery and our economic prosperity.” …

Central FC custodian Jan-Michael Williams was named on a 21-man Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team roster, as coach Stephen Hart selected a full strength squad for 2017 Caribbean Cup qualifying action next month. Williams, who made his first competitive start in midweek CONCACAF Champions League after roughly six months …

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley hinted in a recent interview that he wants to reduce expenditure to around TT$50 billion. He also alluded to more taxes or, rather, greater taxation. Additionally, he reiterated his determination to avoid going to the IMF and the World Bank. All this comes against the backdrop …

The Soca Warriors will host the Dominican Republic in Caribbean Cup action from 7pm on Wednesday 5 October at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva rather than at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, due to concerns about the prevailing weather conditions. Tickets are on sale for TT$200 …

Two hundred Trinidad and Tobago “football legends” are set to finally receive free access to Soca Warriors international matches, as the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) announced a TT$250,000 partnership with the National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) yesterday, which will see the implementation of a Season Ticket Program from …

“We play good defence and we break,” Naparima College coach Angus Eve told Wired868. “I am [like Manchester United coach] Jose Mourinho [in that sense]. I love Jose Mourinho.” Presumably, Eve was referencing the young dynamic Mourinho who tamed the England Premier League with stubborn defence, incisive counter attacks and …