Ethan Collier took inspiration from Rory McIlroy’s win at the Masters to score a tournament-leading 76 at the 2025 Republic Bank Junior Golf Open Championships at Moka, Maraval yesterday. The 15-year-old International School student watched the Northern Irish golfer claim the coveted Masters title on Sunday in a dramatic play-off …
Read More »SporTT hands over POS stadium for Carifta; Serrette: T&T athletes not disadvantaged!
SporTT chairman Larry Romany says Trinidad and Tobago is ready to host the 2025 Carifta Games, which will be held on Easter weekend at three local venues. The 53rd edition of the annual track and field championships will be hosted at the Hasely Crawford Stadium from 19-21 April. In addition, …
Read More »Dear Editor: It’s dangerous to dismiss safeguarding complaints—‘disgruntled’ parents add value
“[…] The pattern is familiar: someone speaks up, gets labelled, and only later do we come to understand the weight of what they tried to reveal. “To be clear, I am not accusing anyone currently under a safeguarding ban of criminal behaviour. That is not my claim. “My point is …
Read More »T&T golfers laud RBL Junior Open pathway, with 2025 edition imminent
The 24th edition of the Republic Bank Junior Golf Open Championship will be held from 14 to 16 April at St Andrew’s Golf Course in Moka, Maraval. The annual tournament, which is expected to attract approximately 100 golfers from Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean, continues Republic Bank’s two-decade-long …
Read More »Fatima, St Joseph’s Convent take open schools water polo titles in cracking finales
Fatima College edged out St Mary’s College 16-15 in an instant classic to win the Male Open title at the 2025 Republic Bank ASATT National Secondary Schools Water Polo final last Saturday at the National Aquatics Centre in Balmain, Couva. Jeremiah Henriques-Brown scored 10 goals, including five in the final …
Read More »Hassani’s Saints and Mercedez’s SJC fall just short, as Combined take Form 1 Water Polo titles
Goal difference separated the top three boys’ teams in the Form One Division of the 2025 Republic Bank ASATT National Secondary Schools Water Polo League last Sunday, as the final match day ended in a blitz of goals at the Diego Martin Community Pool. Hassani Wells scored four times to …
Read More »Noble: Where’s youth sport support? They want nice corn soup—but won’t invest in planting corn
The following is part two of an interview with FC Santa Rosa founder and head coach and ex-Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical committee chairman Keith Look Loy interview: Clubs no longer have roots in their communities. This uprooting leaves room for other institutions, like gangs, to attract young …
Read More »Noble: Rebuild T&T through sports—the untapped potential of elite and grassroot football
Natasha Wilson’s words came to me while reflecting on my interview with Keith Look Loy. In significant ways, her calypso summed up Keith’s sentiments: Sweet T&T, is my country/ I want you to know that I love you/ Every creed and race, have an equal place/ So let’s work together …
Read More »Vaneisa: The dos and don’ts of supporting elite athletes
On Tuesday, Rob Stevens, writing for BBC Sport Africa, presented a comprehensive look at the overall performances at the Paris Olympics by Africans, as he explored what could be done to improve them in 2028. I was happy to see it because I had been looking unsuccessfully to find an …
Read More »NGC partners with SportsMax for Paris 2024 Olympic coverage
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be aired on TTT and SportsMax, with the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) acting as a “significant partner” in the broadcast. SportsMax forecast that its Olympic coverage, approximately 2,000 hours of content, will reach over three million Caribbean homes via …
Read More »Corneal: Talent was not the issue! TD discusses T&T’s shortlived Concacaf U-20 adventure
“[…] We saw an array of talent across the board and not with just 20 players. I’ve said it before and I will say it again, the group is such a talented group of players. “[…] Your questions are throwing me straight to the coach… Better you ask me about …
Read More »Paul, Ahye top T&T 2023 Sports Awards; Blackman, De Gannes get Youth gongs
After taking top honors at the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee Awards, cyclist Nicholas Paul and sprinter Michelle-Lee Ayhe were again the big winners at the 2023 First Citizens Sports Awards on Friday night at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad. For Paul, it was his fourth First Citizens award (including one …
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