The inaugural Ascension Invitational Tournament will be concluded this weekend with seven clubs chasing a share in the TT$650,000 cash pot available across Division One and Two. In Division One, leaders Defence Force need only to avoid a heavy defeat against table proppers Matura ReUnited on Sunday afternoon to secure …

Steve Burnett competed extensively for Trinidad and Tobago in bodybuilding in the 1960s and early 1970s. He was Trinidad’s first Mr World, winning the competition in 1971, while the United States had their first black Mr World in 1974. Steve competed with the world’s best, who at the time included …

Presentation College (San Fernando) put on a clinical display to shut out East Mucurapo Secondary 3-0 at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella this afternoon, as they remained within striking distance of SSFL Premier Division leaders and defending champions, Naparima College. Presentation, who lost 2-1 to Carapichaima East Secondary on …

Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team head coach Stephan De Four named 18 overseas-based players in his 29-member squad for a residential camp, as they prepare for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying series. The team will be led by Iceland-based midfielder Karyn ‘Baby’ Forbes and lists her sister and …

Say goodbye to the Pro League and hello to the Ascension Premier League. Barely a month after the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) refused to permit a second round of the Ascension Invitational Tournament, the competition’s founder, Richard Ferguson, got the TT Pro League to rebrand its own 20-year …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team will kick off their Tokyo 2020 Olympic campaign on Monday 30 September when they face Aruba from 5pm in the second game of a double header at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. St Kitts and Nevis and Dominican Republic open Group …

The post of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president will be up for grabs on Sunday 24 November 2019, as incumbent David John-Williams has finally announced an election date. As the country buckled down today to see off Tropical Storm Karen, TTFA general secretary Camara David forwarded notice of …

“… Because of his effective use of social media, [Gary Griffith] has received soaring popularity with some members of the public. “But is this popularity connected to results he has achieved, or is it based merely on optics? Specifically, has there been a significant decline in homicides or an increase …

Tropical Storm Karen has disrupted the Ascension Invitational Tournament’s final round of fixtures with Defence Force FC on the verge of the Division One crown and Deportivo PF, San Fernando Giants and UTT FC all within touching distance of the Division Two title. Tournament organisers informed all participants this morning …

Monday last was a grim day for the pursuit of transparency and accountability. Both the prime minister and the chief justice took the usual futile refuge of chastising the media and metaphorically shooting all other messengers, oblivious of the message from responsible quarters that they should give an account of …

Substitute Seon Shippley scored in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time to gift three-time Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division winners, Naparima College, a nervy 2-1 victory over a plucky Malick Secondary outfit in Trincity this afternoon. With the victory, ‘Naps’, who completed a League and National Intercol …

“Act 51 of the Summary Offences Act prohibits ‘indecency’ in public places specifically mentioning anyone who (a) is indecently attired; (b) performs any lewd or suggestive dancing or actions; (c) in any play, song, ballad or speech, uses language, or makes use of any recording, which is profane, indecent or …