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“[…] This is not about necessarily copying Jamaica’s MVP, but developing the same philosophy with Trinidad and Tobago coaches, facilities, management, sports science, training groups, education partnerships, and sponsorship. “Create an environment where a talented 17- or 18-year-old doesn’t automatically think: ‘my only route to becoming an international athlete is …

National sprint star Jereem “The Dream” Richards and rising speedster Leah Bertrand delivered standout performances at the 2025 NGC/National Association of Athletics Administration (NAAATT) Senior Track and Field Championships, reinforcing their status among Trinidad and Tobago’s elite athletes. Richards, 31, secured his fifth national 200m title—and his eighth national crown …

Jereem “The Dream” Richards hypnotises the Hasely Crawford Stadium, but there is pain and drama too on Day Two of the NGC NAAATT Open and Senior Champs. Jereem Richards, Keshorn Walcott and Tyra Gittens, three titans of local track and field, have an emotional message for Trinidad and Tobago sport …

It was more than a Dream!  As athletes braced sporadic showers and fans “oo-hed” and “ahh-ed” as lightning lit up the overcast skies over the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago’s ace sprinter Jereem “The Dream” Richards smashed his personal best time in the 200m event at the NGC-NAAATT National …

The following is the full text of the brief address delivered by Lisa Allen-Agostini, chief judge for the 11-15 panel in the Write Start National Essay Writing Contest, at the prize-giving ceremony, held at the bMobile box at the Queen’s Park Oval on Thursday 16 December 2021. Also in attendance …

There was an unexpected touch of royalty at the inaugural Wired868 Write Start national essay writing prize-giving ceremony yesterday evening at the bmobile suite at the Queen’s Park Oval in St Clair.  Parvati Girls’ Hindu College student Shara Balkan won the 11-15 category with a fictional story about how her …

“[…] The javelin felt weighted in my arms, the back of the iron spear barely touching the tiny blades of grass that held my shifting feet. The field never seemed to end; it seemed longer as beads of sweat drizzled down my face.  “[…] The students before me that had …

“[…] ‘Trinidad and Tobago will perform a Javelin throw at 2pm!’ the television interjected.  “‘Jav- what? That is not a European ting? We does do that?’ Mom stormed off to a pot of spicy aroma of delectable, seasoned meat…” Twelve-year-old Holy Name Convent (Port of Spain) form one student Amayiah …

The Ministry of Sport and Community Development paid out TT$3.3 m in grant funding to ‘a combination of national governing bodies, community sporting groups, and athletes’ on Monday at the Ministry’s headquarters in Nicholas Tower, Independence Square, Port-of-Spain. The payments, according to a media statement, were made via the Ministry’s …

The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) has added three athletes to its initial contingent for the Tokyo Olympic Games, after ‘a late request for amendment’ by National Association of Athletic Administrators of Trinidad and Tobago (NAAATT) acting president George Commissiong. A release by Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) …

Returning Olympic medalists Keshorn Walcott, Richard ‘Torpedo’ Thompson, Machel Cedenio and Deon Lendore are among 30 athletes who will represent Trinidad and Tobago at the Tokyo Olympic Games, which runs from 23 July to 8 August 2021. The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC), headed by president Brian Lewis, confirmed …

London Olympic Games gold medalist and current CAC champion javelin thrower Keshorn Walcott explains why he loves the CPL lime, as TKR fall to Jamaica Tallawahs in T20 stunner: More from Wired868 Hatt: Can Trinidad and Tobago athletics create environment, like Jamaica, to consistently develop world class athletes right here? …