Caption: Shaka Hislop

FORMER Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Shaka Hislop has revealed that he is battling prostate cancer.

The 56-year-old, who played and starred in the country’s first ever and only World Cup appearance in 2006, opened up about his fight with the cancer in a social media video.

Hislop, who now works as an ESPN analyst, said he first got the news 18 months ago after an annual physical.

“An MRI and biopsy quickly determined that I had a fairly aggressive prostate cancer,” he said in a video posted on Wednesday.

Hislop explained that by the middle of 2025, the cancer had spread to his pelvic bone.

Earlier this week, he revealed that he had completed over seven weeks of radiation therapy.

Hislop, who played in the English Premier League for Newcastle United and West Ham United, urged men to undergo regular check-ups.

“Doctors recommend that all men over the age of 50 get their PSA (prostate-specific antigen) checked regularly. If you are of African descent, that age drops to 40,” he said. (CMC)