The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team emerged 2-0 victors yesterday in Houston against an Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) under-18 women’s team in their sole practice match before the 2016 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying series in Texas. Veteran playmaker Tasha St Louis put the “Women Soca Warriors” ahead in …

Devon Seale is Trinidad and Tobago’s new Calypso Monarch after he beat a strong field with “Respect God’s Voice” and the “Spirit of Carnival” at the Dimanche Gras show in the Queen’s Park Savannah last night. “Respect God’s Voice” was a feisty rebuke for former Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who …

Nobody has probably delved deeper into our forbidden desires for salt and fats than the people who run Prestige Holdings. Certainly, nobody has been more greatly rewarded for understanding what tickles our hunger hormones and sends them hunting for salt soaked in oil, slathered over chicken, seasoned in dough and …

Question: If 20 people sang, wined and jumped up on a stage and nobody got a trophy, did it really happen? Answer: … Hello? Hello, Mr Munro…? It is the day after yesterday. But it still isn’t tomorrow. And surely it can’t be today either. The calendar says it is …

Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team coach Stephen Hart has confirmed that he is closely monitoring 18 year old starlet Levi Garcia, who managed his competitive debut and maiden goal for AZ Alkmaar last month in the Eredivisie. However, Hart declined to say when Garcia can expect his first senior …

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 …