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The following letter was written by Leon Williams, the father of Trinidad and Tobago national gymnast, Thema Williams: I remember, as a young boy watching Sesame Street, (seeing) a child ask an adult: “Is silence a sound?” The adult paused for a moment and then answered, “I don’t know.” I would …

Twenty year old gymnast, Thema Williams, has vowed to remain focused on her dream of doing Trinidad and Tobago proud at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, despite falling victim to perceived character assassination yesterday. At around noon yesterday, Georgette Heinz, the self-declared mother of an unnamed young female gymnast, sent …

Fourteen year old Trinidad and Tobago chess champion, Della-Marie Walcott, a St Joseph’s Covent (Port of Spain) student, is still comatose but is now resting at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope. Walcott’s family has expressed its eternal gratitude, via press release, to the Office of the …

The family of 14 year old Trinidad and Tobago chess olympiad and St Joseph’s Convent (Port of Spain) student, Della-Marie Walcott, have opened a bank account and online crowd source account for funding and will host a curry q and movie showing to raise money to offset rising medical expenses. …

The following press release was sent to Wired868 by the friends and family of 14 year old Trinidad and Tobago chess olympiad and St Joseph’s Convent, Port of Spain student, Della-Marie Walcott: The family and friends of Della-Marie Walcott would firstly like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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: …

“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 …

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 …