This bois man doh fraid… This bois man doh fraid nobody. He want to bring back gold for T&T! Toco man-child Keshorn Walcott stepped into the gayelle of the men’s javelin competition tonight at the 2016 Olympic Games. And, with one mighty throw in Rio de Janeiro, the 23-year-old made …
Read More »Raucous in Rio: Shaunae’s golden dive, PP pity party and Warner’s godfather, Havelange, steals away
Former FIFA president and IOC member and honorary president Joao Havelange passed away yesterday in Brazil at the age of 100. His final breath was taken at the Samaritano Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, although it would be pushing it to refer to Havelange as a good Samaritan. Mr Live …
Read More »Raucous in Rio: Race for Machel’s big truck, Rent-a-Jamaicans and bandwagonist test
Twenty-year-old 400 metre rising star, Machel Cedenio, might need a really big truck to hold his gang of new fans, as the young first-time Olympian now represents Trinidad and Tobago’s last chance of an individual track medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Michelle-Lee Ahye became the second athlete in …
Read More »Raucous in Rio: Cleo flummoxes Felix, Njisane rides out and Hope-less USA team
Trinidad and Tobago had a bittersweet time in Rio today as track and field events and indoor cycling got underway at the 2016 Olympic Games. Cycling sprint star Njisane “J-Boy” Phillip roared through the preliminary round but failed to match his 2012 accomplishment of a place in the semifinal while …
Read More »Ahye sets T&T 200m record; Keshorn, Sorrillo, Cleo and Cedenio among winners
It was a double coronation for 24 year old Michelle-Lee Ahye with a national record to boot, as the Rebirth athlete underlined her form with an impressive 22.33 finish in the 200 metre final at the 2016 NGC/Sagicor NAAA National Open Championships this evening in the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port …
Read More »Torpedo strikes to take 100 metre crown alongside Ahye; Khalifa sets junior record
Thirty one year old Trinidad and Tobago sprinter Richard “Torpedo” Thompson reaffirmed his status as the country’s flag bearer in athletics’ showcase event last night, as the Rebirth athlete flew down the track to clinch the men’s 100 metre crown in the 2016 NGC/Sagicor NAAA National Open Championships at the …
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 …
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