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In 2015 City A.M., a London-based newspaper, featured a piece on sports sponsorships during the FIFA World Cup. The article delved into the prudency of brands agreeing to official sponsorship. It suggests that such was the level of saturation World Cup focused content that people were struggling to identify which brand was an official sponsor, and which wasn’t.

The inaugural Tobago Sea to Sea Marathon on the weekend featured three runners from Kenya with two emerging victorious. Kenneth Rotich, 25-years-old, has enjoyed success in Trinidad recently and transferred his winning streak to Tobago by capturing the 10K race title on Saturday.

With 75 days to go to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) is receiving more financial support. This time, it’s through a text-and-donate campaign with Press Play jukebox and International Olympic Committee (IOC) worldwide partner, VISA.

ONCE KNOWN for fishing and agriculture, Matelot is now fast becoming an attraction for local visitors, receiving sometimes as much as 300 visitors to the rural village on a busy weekend.

The financial welfare of athletes is an often-overlooked issue. Headlines will scream about outrageous salaries and conspicuous spending, but rarely clarify that the majority of athletes earn far more modest incomes.

President of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC), Brian Lewis, is calling on national sporting organisations (NSOs) to rally behind their Olympic hopeful athletes in an effort to bolster their chances of securing Olympic qualification.

Dahlia Ditzen, former communications manager of the Trinidad and Tobago Grand Games (TTGG), says the meet’s chief executive officer Regina Johnas is fully responsible for the sudden cancellation of the event.

A PRODUCT advertised as coconut water was taken off the market after it was found by the Chemistry, Food and Drugs Division of the Ministry of Health to contain artificial ingredients.

With just about 75 days to go to the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games national sport organisations with athletes contesting for Olympic berths have a responsibility to support their athletes.