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The best of the best.That’s how new head coach of the senior men’s national football team Orlando Da Costa has described the 23-man squad selected to play three international friendlies against Grenada, the first of which kicks off on Wednesday.Following the squad’s announcement last Friday, there was some criticism that in-form Brittons Hill United striker Corey Hoyte, the top goal scorer in the Premier League with seven goals from four matches had not been included in the squad, which features seven newcomers.Additionally, the omission of former captain Hayden Holligan, custodian Kishmar Primus, along with defenders Akeem Hill and Ricardio Morris, also raised some eyebrows.But speaking before the team departed this morning for the Spice Isle, Da Costa, who took over as head coach last November following Russell Latapy’s resignation, said he believed he had chosen the best available players. ....
By Anmar Goodridge-Boyce Armando “Suga” Lashley scored twice as Paradise kicked off their Barbados Football Association (BFA) 2023 Premier League campaign with a 3-2 victory over University of the West Indies (UWI) Blackbirds on a thrilling night at the Wildey Turf. In a rematch of the Republic Cup quarter-final last year which set tongues wagging, Paradise and UWI Blackbirds once again gave ....
The Barbados senior men’s national football team has a new coach. Orlando da Costa has taken up the challenge to chart the course for local football and he has brought along fellow Portuguese national Ricardo Fernandes as his assistant, both on an initial one-year contract. Their first matches will be the Concacaf Nations League in March next year. Barbados currently sit in fourth position in Group A of League B … ....