“North-South-East-West, Naparima is the best!” Naparima College students and supporters were in good voice yesterday as their team retained its SSFL Premier Division championship with the easiest of 1-0 victories over challengers Shiva Boys Hindu College at the Ato Boldon Stadium. For the second straight season, Naps have secured the …
Read More »Shiva held by St Anthony’s in feisty tie; miss chance to close gap on Naps
Shiva Boys Hindu College (HC) missed the chance to close the gap on SSFL Premier Division leaders Naparima College yesterday, as they battled to a bruising 1-1 draw with St Anthony’s College in Westmoorings. The sun above was as unforgiving as some of the challenges on display, and twice referee …
Read More »St Mary’s fails Shiva Boys exam; Penal pupils star in St Clair
First, the good news for St Mary’s College football fans. The Shiva Boys Hindu College team eventually gave the “Saints” their ground back this evening. But, just to be on the safe side, perhaps CIC coach Ryan Shim should have a priest and trauma counsellor on hand for their next …
Read More »SSFL: Yes they can; Shiva Boys snatch three points away to Fatima
Reigning Premier Division champion school, Naparima College, and challenger, St Mary’s College, took the plaudits on Round Two of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) on Saturday evening. But, on Mucurapo Road, the less-heralded Shiva Boys Hindu College continued its own quiet campaign with a second successive win for the …
Read More »AZ does it; Levi bound for Dutch top flight club
Seventeen-year-old Trinidad and Tobago international youth team winger Levi Garcia is set to become a “Cheese Farmer.” Netherlands football magazine Voetbal International announced today the Shiva Boys HC schoolboy Levi Garcia has agreed in principle to join Eredivisie outfit, AZ Alkmaar, after his 18th birthday in November. The impending move …
Read More »One-on-one with Shiva Boys Tyrel “Pappy” Emmanuel
Tyrel “Pappy” Emmanuel lives in the quiet community of Jacob Settlement in Santa Flora and is a Form Four student of Shiva Boys Hindu College. Meeting Emmanuel for the first time, it was quite obvious that he was a quiet and shy individual who transforms whenever he hits the field. …
Read More »Premier champions: Naparima batters Shiva to lift inaugural SSFL title
At the final whistle yesterday evening, dozens of schoolboys stormed the field throwing anything they could find into the air and hugging their school’s footballers, parents and teachers took turns waving a Naparima College flag while fireworks shot into the sky and exploded with colour and lights over the venue at …
Read More »Can FIFA blank T&T starlet Levi Garcia’s move to Europe?
Sixteen-year-old Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 attacker and Shiva Boys Hindu School football star, Levi Garcia, is set to leave for Europe next week in a controversial move engineered by Dutch agent Humphry Nijman. Here is what FIFA says about the movement of players under the age of 18: (FIFA …
Read More »Five T&T U-20s set for Europe; but Central braces for Levi tug-of-war
Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 footballers Levi Garcia, Kadeem Corbin, Neveal Hackshaw, Jesus Perez and Kishun Seecharan were awarded European entry visas yesterday and are expected to travel to the Netherlands within the coming week en route to trials with undisclosed clubs in Europe. The parent clubs for 18-year-old Corbin, …
Read More »“Pappy” catches the eye as Shiva Boys edge Presentation
The extracurricular activities of 16-year-old Shiva Boys Hindu College Form Five student Levi Garcia has become a national talking point in recent days. Trinidad and Tobago national head team coach Stephen Hart, national under-20 coach Derek King, Central FC managing director and World Cup 2006 defender Brent Sancho and Shiva …
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