RIO 2016

Port of Spain, Trinidad, 5th October 2016: Diligence, focus and determination - these were the habits that Trinidad and Tobago 400M Olympian, Machel Cedenio, told students assisted in his reaching the 2016 Rio Olympics and achieving his overall goals.

Proverbs 24:10 King James Version (KJV). “If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.” In local parlance that means don’t play mas if you ‘fraid powder.

T&T’s three-member athletic delegation Akeem Stewart, Nyoshia Cain and Shanntol Ince finished tied with Finland for 56th on the medal table out of 163 countries as the Rio Paralympic Games came to a close yesterday. Its three-medal haul included one gold, one silver and one bronze.

The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago hosted the country's Olympic team at his residence following their return from the Rio 2016 Games.

• Jonny Brownlee began to weave across course in final few hundred metres
• ‘I think it’s as close to death as you can be in sport,’ says Alistair

NYOSHIA CAIN captured Trinidad and Tobago’s third, and last, medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil last evening.

THE ROTARY CLUB OF SAN FERNANDO SOUTH & THE EMBACADERE COMMUNITY PRESENTS: H.O.P.E. - HELPING OUR PEOPLE EXCEL A MENTORSHIP & EMPOWERMENT DAY AT THE EMBACADERE COMMUNITY CENTRE ON SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER, 2016 FROM 9:30 A.M. – 6:00 P.M.

NATIONAL para-athlete Akeem Stewart will be hoping to conclude his 2016 Paralympic Games campaign on a high when he lines up for the Men’s discus throw F43/44 final at Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil today.

It was while on a mountain top in the Pyrenees watching the Tour de France that Eddie Jones realised his England rugby team needed to be more self-driven and free-spirited to scale their own peaks and topple the All Blacks.