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“The fact that the [Trinidad Guardian] article could say, ‘[National Cycling coach Erin] Hartwell rarely uses times made by riders to justify his recommendation for selection, and committee members do not ask for any’ is an outright untruthful statement. “[…] If indeed the President of the TTCF is the anonymous …

Former Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics Federation (TTGF) president David Marquez, first vice-president Akil Wattley, second vice-president Ricardo Lue Shue and his wife and assistant treasurer Donna Lue Shue will have to pay their own legal costs, after High Court Judge Frank Seepersad today dismissed their attempt to stick gymnast Thema …

“Unlike an act of violence, the physical effects of which would wane with time, [Thema Williams] was deprived of a once in a lifetime opportunity. Her future was materially altered when the flawed decision to substitute her was made and her missed Olympic opportunity is likely to weigh upon her …

Twenty-three year old international track star Machel Cedenio has admitted to being the athlete questioned in relation to a road fatality in Tobago. The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service was careful not to name the athlete who was detained for three days and placed on an identification parade, as part …

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service released a star international athlete without charge this afternoon, pending further enquiries into his possible role in a road fatality. The athlete, accompanied by an attorney, surrendered to the Barataria Police Station on Sunday and was taken to Tobago the following morning to be …

A Trinidad and Tobago Police Service release indicated that “a Trinidad and Tobago athlete is to be placed on an identification parade today, in connection with an alleged hit and run accident which resulted in the death of a woman in the Tobago Division on 1 July 2018.” The athlete, …

Two shy! The distance on his approach at the par-5 18th was just a tad short, the ball landing in the rough separating the front-side bunker from the green. On another day, on nine out of ten days, given the angle of the spot where it made landfall on that …

The Central American and Caribbean (CAC) games are over and congratulations are in order to the Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Team, their coaches, and administrators for a job well done and special congrats to my client Cleopatra Borel Baptiste. This is why, and due to current happenings in our sporting governance, …

The Trinidad and Tobago men’s table tennis team looks set to miss this month’s Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Colombia, after the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) received legal advice today that the local table tennis association failed to follow a ruling by its three member arbitration …

The Trinidad and Tobago Table Tennis Association (TTTTA) has put itself on a collision course with the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC), after defying a ruling by the TTOC’s arbitration panel regarding its team for next week’s Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Barranquilla, Colombia. Yesterday, a three-member …

Dinanath Ramnarine was dismissed as Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SPORTT) today, after a controversial 13-month stint at the helm. The Cabinet decision was confirmed by Sport Minister Shamfa Cudjoe. Ramnarine will be replaced by Trinidad and Tobago Hockey Board (TTHB) president Douglas Camacho, a former Guardian Life executive …

“Since the release of the CAS decision on 31 May, there has been understandable confusion about the ruling. Most notably, how Carter could be sanctioned for a substance that was not banned at the time (methylhexanamine or MHA). “[…] However, the Panel held that although methylhexanamine wasn’t specifically named, it …