Tag Archives: Ministry of Sport

“[…] The government must do more than offer condolences. It must fund, support, and scale the grassroots programmes already working. “It must empower community leaders like Uncle Keron, coaches like Wayne Sheppard, and academies like Arima Araucans and Trendsetter Hawks who are giving these boys structure, purpose, and belief. “These …

On Tuesday, Rob Stevens, writing for BBC Sport Africa, presented a comprehensive look at the overall performances at the Paris Olympics by Africans, as he explored what could be done to ­improve them in 2028. I was happy to see it because I had been looking unsuccessfully to find an …

“[…] Why do we have to partner with the GC Foster College (of Jamaica) when we have the Sport and Physical Education Centre /SPEC at UWI? Under the leadership of Dr Iva Gloudon, dozens of physical education teachers and coaches generally benefited from accredited diploma courses leading to full degrees. …

In February 2023, immediately after receiving official word of their successful application to participate in the 16-22 July Gothia Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden, Powerful United Football Academy (PUFA) owner Nyron Jones began work on getting his team to the event. The aim was to take 33 boys plus staff and …

Nearly a year after receiving their gold medals at a reallocation ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago’s 4x100M relay team from 2008 claim that the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GoRTT) is yet to reward them for their upgrade from silver to gold for the Beijing …

Two of our Ministers recently attended Jamaica’s Champs Track and Field Event. This was a great idea to expand the education of Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, the minister of Education, and Shamfa Cudjoe, the minister of Sports and Community Development. If their interest was really in coming up with a solution to …

The Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GoRTT) will commit a sum of TT$9m over a three-year span towards a newly-launched Trinidad and Tobago Premier Football League (TTPFL) which is set to kick off its inaugural season on 10 March 2023. The TTPFL’s first season will see 12 …

“[…] Trinidad and Tobago is now in possession of three gold medals at the highest level of the sport, which is the true measure of the performance of athletes. “Our failure to properly recognise the 2008 Olympic 4×100 metre champion athletes is incomprehensible, despicable, unfair, unjust, improper and a disservice to …

Minister of Sport Shamfa Cudjoe and Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SporTT) chairman Douglas Camacho said it will be difficult to accommodate a request by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) for funding for the Girls National Under-15 and Boys National Under-14 football teams. However, the government is …

Minister of Sport and Community Development Shamfa Cudjoe described Trinidad and Tobago quarter-miler Jereem Richards as ‘phenomenal’, after the 28-year-old Point Fortin sprinter snatched gold in the 400-metre event at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia today. Richards, who is also the reigning Commonwealth Games 200m champ, crossed …

Lionel Messi, Mohamed Salah, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and LeBron James are all vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus. And if you’d like to be involved in sport for the foreseeable future, you will have to follow suit. The Office of the Attorney General today published an updated Public Health [2019 …

Can unvaccinated players, coaches and officials take part in team sport? Or is sport bound to remain within the boundaries of ‘safe zones’? The related questions have been on the lips of everyone from recreational athletes to formal players and officials since Friday 4 March, when Prime Minister Dr Keith …