Better effort needed from TTCB
It is clear that there is a battle that is raging between the T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and this seems to have come about after the aborted tour of India...
View ArticleSkeene: Pro League determined to make positive difference
Former national midfielder Dexter Skeene says the T&T Pro League is determined to make a positive difference in football throughout T&T, and the youth and young people of the nation.Skeene, the...
View ArticleHughes brace puts Guaya on top
Carlon Hughes scored a second-half brace as Guaya United came from behind to edge 1976 FC Phoenix 2-1 to reclaim top spot in the CNG National Super League Premier Division on Thursday.Starting the day...
View ArticleA ‘Song’ for punters
Foundation will be laid this afternoon for a tilt at the 2016 Epsom Derby, if John Gosden’s charge completes a hat-trick and maintains an unbeaten record in the £100,000, group two, Royal Lodge Stakes...
View ArticleIncreased $$ incentives
The $1 million champions’ prize isn’t the only cash incentive for competing teams in the 2015-2016 Digicel Pro League which was officially launched at the VIP Lounge, Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo,...
View ArticleCalypso Spikers meet Mexico in Olympic qualifying opener
T&T senior women’s volleyball team will serve off its quest for a spot at next year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games when they come up against host Mexico in their Group B opener of the 24th Norceca...
View ArticleT&T to host CFU Women qualifiers, final round
Providing the necessary financial support from corporate T&T comes forward, the T&T Football Association is very likely to host Group Two of the preliminary round Caribbean Football Union (CFU)...
View ArticleStars take early Pro League lead
North East Stars kicked of its 2015/2016 Digicel T&T Pro League campaign on a winning note, blanking debutants Club Sando 2-0 at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar, yesterday.The scorers for the...
View ArticleCricket Board sets up health net for cricketers
New Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Darryl Smith is being urged to formulate a National Health Policy which will have at its cornerstone pre-game testing and screening of all athletes representing...
View ArticleMountain bikers test skills against region
The national mountain bikers will finally get to test their skills against the best mountain bikers in the Caribbean, when they compete at the Caribbean Mountain Bike Championships in Puerto Rico,...
View ArticleBassawh, O’Brien and Abrego—Toast of Derby Day
Owner Baskaran Bassawh, champion trainer John O’Brien and big race jockey Nobel Abrego were the toast of the National Gas Company (NGC) sponsored Republic Derby Day card at Santa Rosa Park Arima. The...
View Article‘Sports bring sadness, happiness, smiles and hope!’
Like West Indians everywhere, I hope that yesterday’s “Rally Round Dominica” charity game at revered Kensington Oval, while a fun event, generated dollars galore for Dominica’s Hurricane Relief Fund, a...
View ArticleIs Pro League benefiting from Concacaf League?
The answer is basically in the positive, only because it invites our club teams to enjoy the environment of playing away as opposed to home. It also addresses the challenges which professional players...
View ArticleSoca Warriors to face Nicaragua on Oct 13
T&T Soca Warriors will come up against Central Americans Nicaragua in their final international friendly on Tuesday October 13 at home, prior to kicking off their 2018 Concacaf Semifinal Round...
View ArticleOutside influence kept overlooked cricketers out
West Indies coach Phil Simmons regretted the fact that external influences did not allow the re-inclusion of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard in the ODI squad. West Indies are touring Sri Lanka for a...
View ArticleMitchell hits interference in West Indies selection
ST GEORGE’S—Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has labelled as “disturbing” claims by West Indies head coach, Phil Simmons, of outside interference in the selection of the One-Day International...
View ArticlePresident’s XI rules
BRIDGETOWN—Former batting star Brian Lara stroked a typically elegant unbeaten half-century but the WICB President’s XI still got the better of the UWI Vice-Chancellor’s XI by seven wickets in the...
View ArticleWaldrum to arrive early October
US-born coach Randy Waldrum is expected to arrive in T&T in the first week of October to pick up coaching duties with the T&T Women Soca Warriors ahead of their Group Two Caribbean Football...
View ArticleSport facilities must add value to society
According to the National Sport Policy (2002), “Because of the known health, social and economic benefits which can be derived from participating in sport, it can be deemed as important as any other...
View ArticleWatch out for Press Gang
Press Gang to scoop the money at ‘good to firm’ Bath today!Richard Hannon’s charge tackles ten furlongs (again!) in the 2-y-o Maiden Stakes; it’s a colossal distance for a juvenile but this...
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