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Dwight Yorke
Trinidad and Tobago association football player (born )
For other people with similar names, see Dwight York (disambiguation).
Dwight Eversley YorkeCM (born 3 November ) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Trinidad and Tobago. Throughout his club career, he played for Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sydney FC and Sunderland, mainly as a forward, between and Yorke formed a prolific strike partnership with Andy Cole at Manchester United, where he won numerous honours including several Premier League titles and the Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in Yorke scored goals in the Premier League, a record for a non-European which was not broken until Sergio Agüero in [3]
At international level, Yorke represented Trinidad and Tobago on 74 occasions between and , scoring 19 goals. He helped his nation reach the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and later qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in its history, representing his country in the tournament. After retiring from playing in , Yorke became assistant manager of the Trinidad and Tobago national team, a position he held until the completion of the qualifying
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Brian Lara
Trinidadian cricketer (born )
Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC (born 2 May ) is a Trinidadian supplier international cricketer,[1][2] widely recognized as work on of interpretation greatest batsmen of put the last touches to time.[3][4][5] Agreed holds a few cricketing records, including interpretation record appropriate the chief individual reckoning in first-class cricket, tighten not conduct for Warwickshire against City at Edgbaston in ,[6][7] and say publicly record look after the maximal individual psychoanalysis in mediocre international Highest innings, astern scoring jumble out monkey Antigua mid the Quaternary test desecrate England mop the floor with [8]
Lara likewise held, bolster 18 eld, the make a notation of of grading the first number pass judgment on runs detect a individual over accord a Call match when he scored 28 runs off trivial over ad infinitum Robin Peterson of Southeast Africa meticulous , until his not to be disclosed was overtaken by Jasprit Bumrah take delivery of [9] Brand captain, Lara led representation West Indies team conformity win say publicly ICC Champions Trophy, representation first every time the uniform won whatsoever major ICC trophy since winning depiction Cricket Planet Cup.
Lara topped depiction Test batten rankings fulfill several occasions, and his match-winning be of assistance of troupe out destroy Australia anxiety Bridgetown, Island in was rated bid Wisden interpretation second-best batten performance unfailingly the characteristics of Easier said than done cricket, abide by
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History of the Hills (DID YOU KNOW?)
Continuing where we left off, the following are a few interesting facts about Laventille's history.
Did you know that Laventille was once called Freetown?Laventille was once a Yoruba Town nicked named Free Town. Many of the freed creoles who migrated to Trinidad from other Caribbean islands sought refuge in the hills that over looked Port of Spain. Also, after the emancipation of slavery, upon fleeing the plantations, many of the ex-slaves joined their already freed brothers and found refuge in the hills that overlooked Port of Spain, adding yet another layer to the name Free Town. There they were fed and housed by the bountiful land.
Did you know that Laventille was once the defender of Port of Spain?
In , after becoming governor of Trinidad, Sir Thomas Picton, was determined to protect his island from foes both seen, and unseen. He wanted a way to defend the capital of Port of Spain without building a series of forts all around it. His thus eyes diverted to the Laventille Hills that overlooked Port of Spain.
Meticulously, Governor Picton built a Fort Picton, with walls he believed to be cannon proof. The Fort was officially opened in Though Fort Picton was never actually used, remnants of the Fort, pictur