That is the question still being asked today as Lara prepares to bid West Indies and world cricket goodbye at Kensington Oval in the final Super Eights match of this ICC Cricket World Cup. For his part, West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Ken Gordon says he wanted Lara to stay on for one more tour.

Beleaguered and embattled West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara delivered a shock knock to his fans and detractors alike, announcing yesterday that he intends to leave the field at the end of the World Cup game against England tomorrow.

Johnny Soong, owner of the Zen nightclub and one of the promoters of last Thursday's "Akon in Concert" said yesterday that the club has an age limit of 18 years and over.

Apparently Akon while in Trinidad, performed at Zen nightclub last Thursday. A video of Akon allegedly conning girls to dance on stage with the hopes of winning a trip to Africa somehow backfired with people posting the video on Youtube. The footage has now been pulled because "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Universal Music Group". Read on for the video.

Former Senator and Olympic medalist Ato Boldon says he does not believe that United National Congress interim political leader, Basdeo Panday, is the man to lead the party at this time.

The RBTT Financial Group yesterday confirmed that it had received a proposal from a third party "with respect to a possible combination or partnership".

After we posted the news on the tear gas riot over non-appearances by Richie Spice, Busy Signal, Vybez Kartel and Elephant Man a response from Ele and Richie Spice has been published. They are claiming that the promoter was shady and wondered if they knew who is really the promoter.

Police on duty at the highly anticipated "Best of Both Worlds" concert on Saturday night used tear gas to disperse a disgruntled crowd at 3 a.m., after the show ended abruptly with none of the headline acts, including Elephant Man, Vybez Kartel and Busy Signal, having performed.

Sign on, or lose the opportunity to host Cricket World Cup 2007. That, basically, was the choice confronting governments of eight host countries for the current historic event, according to officials of at least three Local Organising Committees (LOCs).

Here is an interview from Trinidad courtesy of interviewer BC Pires with Bryan Davis, former Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies batsman and current cricket administrator at the Queen's Park Cricket Club, on what has been, so far, a disappointing Cricket World Cup.