“We got your back” is the message Minister Smith is sending to Trinidad and Tobago’s athletes preparing for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The Government is doing all that they possibly can to assist with the available funds, and know how important the athletes are to the country. “We want you, the athletes, to be examples to the youth and of course to honour the red, white and black.”

Trinidad and Tobago's sport industry can generate billions of TT dollars in addition to being a net foreign exchange earner.

I see, in Trinidad and Tobago, the discrimination against foreign-born athletes is alive and kicking.

Full disclosure: I was born in the UK and represented T&T with all of my pride. I also have more than a passing interest in gymnastics. So I have followed the personalities, issues and discussion around Trinidad and Tobago gymnastics very closely.

Gianni Infantino of Switzerland has been elected as the ninth President of FIFA after he claimed the simple majority required in the second round of voting at the world governing body's Extraordinary Congress here today.

THE TRINIDAD and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) announced a partnership with Press Play Jukebox Limited - a leading provider of media management solutions - at the Olympic House, Port of Spain yesterday.

Press Play Jukebox Limited will work in tandem with the T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC) in building its brand and generating revenue for the #10Golds24 (ten or more gold medals by the 2024 Olympics) Athlete Welfare and Preparation fund.