We do not usually have to wait long for examples of the smaller, less heralded countries receiving the short end of the stick. Field hockey is no different. I wanted to pen an opinion piece since the July 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto but resisted for fear of being …
Read More »Troublemakers or trailblazers: Do athletes deserve to voice an opinion on sport?
Ask a PTSC bus driver whether: more maintenance work is needed on buses, which routes are unprofitable, are the roads good, or are his working hours bad? Nine out of ten times, he or she would have an opinion worth sharing. And we would be glad to hear it. But …
Read More »Discussion: Should Sport Ministry pay footballers alone at Pan Am Games?
The Ministry of Sport has promised to pay match fees to the National Men’s Under-23 and Senior Women’s Team football players but not over 100 other athletes that will also represent Trinidad and Tobago at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games. So should they? The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s …
Read More »Thompson pulls out of 2015 season; Lee Ahye targets World Championships
The NAAA has confirmed that Trinidad and Tobago sprinters Richard “Torpedo” Thompson, Marc Burns Michelle Lee Ahye and 400 metre stand-out Deon Lendore are among a host of high profile athletes who were ruled out of the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games due to injury concerns. Thompson, who has three Olympic silver …
Read More »TTOC’s Pan Am roster: NAAA selects T&T athletics team
The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) has submitted its entire roster for the 2015 Pan American Games, which will be held from July 10 to July 26 in Toronto. The entire Trinidad and Tobago team, which will be led by Chef de Mission Diane Henderson, is as follows: Athletics: …
Read More »Sancho talks Olympic rewards, women’s football and the TTFA
“Obviously it is at the Prime Minister’s will to deliver what he or she sees as a just reward (for Olympic athletes),” Sport Minister Brent Sancho told Wired868. “As much as I would like to standardise it, it will always come down to what they want and the emotions of …
Read More »In support of Maylee: T&T must compensate athletes for national service
After the call for employment from Trinidad and Tobago national senior women’s team football captain, Maylee Attin-Johnson, I had to comment; because it’s an area that I have always felt was a grave injustice to national athletes. It is safe to say that many national athletes from different sporting disciplines …
Read More »Tears of a clown: Anil’s resignation letter and the PM’s response
Anil Roberts resigns as Sport Minister and MP but admits no wrongdoing in Life Sport programme. To: Honourable Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, I write to you today with a heavy heart to inform you of my desire to resign as Minister of Sport and as Member of Parliament for D’Abadie/ …
Read More »2014 World Cup: The stars, wanna-bes and flops!
What players have left their individual stamp on the Brazil 2014 World Cup? Colombia’s James Rodriguez, Argentina’s Lionel Messi, Brazil’s Neymar, Germany’s Manuel Neuer and Netherlands’ Arjen Robben comes to mind. But no player has been at the epicentre of his team’s tactics as well the opposition’s as much Messi. …
Read More »Jogo colapso: Netherlands swats aside sorry Brazil
Hopefully, the Brazilian football federation will locate the black box one day. Never in the history of the World Cup has a host team faced the embarrassment suffered by Brazil, the five-time champions, over the past five days. This was more tiki-torture than tiki-taka. It is one thing to have …
Read More »Romero must fly: Argentina penalises Dutchmen to advance to Rio final
If yesterday’s 2014 World Cup semi-final was a sumptuous feast—albeit a bit rich for Brazilian football fans—then today’s affair was rice and patchoi; unsavoury and forgettable but good enough to take you where you want to go. And, for Lionel Messi and his band of brothers, the next stop is …
Read More »Samba slaughter: PM stumbles into disaster zone as Germany flogs Brazil
Not since the horror trilogy, “Hostel”, has an unsuspecting tourist stumbled into such a mess. Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar left Piarco International Airport for Brazil yesterday evening to enjoy today’s 2014 World Cup semifinal match with her grandson. If her grandson happens to be younger than 18, …
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