Tag Archives: News

Tokyo douses Olympic flame closing pandemic Games

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Tokyo doused its Olympic flame yesterday in a ceremony that echoed the restraint of a Games held without spectators and transformed by the global pandemic, dazzling sport and deeply person turmoil. After postponing the Tokyo 2020 Games for a year, organisers said the event would serve as a symbol of world triumph […]

No TT athlete will be left behind in Japan

Sports Jonathan Ramnanansingh 15 Hrs Ago TTOC president Brian Lewis, left, in discussion with chef de mission Lovie Santana during the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. – IF ANY remaining member of Trinidad and Tobago’s Olympic delegation in Japan tests positive for covid19 before departure on the final day on Sunday, and must undergo mandatory […]

Fitness Express lends assistance to CAC bodybuilding team

Fitness Express, Guyana’s leading gym equipment and supplements supplier, continues its benevolence to the fitness community. Recently its CEO, Jamie McDonald, made presentations of supplements and cash tokens to members of the (Central America and Caribbean) CAC bodybuilding team scheduled to represent the nation at the event in El Salvador next weekend. Source link

Team B hold upper-hand in Red Force trial match

Sports Joel Bailey 4 Hrs Ago Denesh Ramdin – VETERAN DENESH Ramdin hit 81 but Team B continued to hold the upper-hand in the four-day TT Red Force cricket trial match, against Team A, at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba. After the penultimate day’s play on Saturday, Team A, in their second innings, were […]

Jamaican women underline sprint dominance with big relay win

(Reuters) – Fuelled by the three individual 100 metre medallists, Jamaica surged to an emphatic win in the women’s 4x100m relay yesterday, posting a national record 41.02 seconds to finish well clear of the United States and Britain. Elaine Thompson-Herah, who now has all three available sprint golds at Tokyo, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson […]

TT falter on third leg, place 8th in men’s 4x400m final

Sports Jonathan Ramnanansingh 14 Hrs Ago Michael Norman (centre), prepares to hand the baton to Bryce Deadmon on their way to the gold medal in the final of the men’s 4×400-metre relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Saturday, in Tokyo, Japan. Second from right, Dwight St Hillaire awaits the baton from his TT teammate […]

Cyclists Paul, Browne advance to men’s keirin quarter-finals

Sports Jonathan Ramnanansingh 12 Hrs Ago Kwesi Browne of Team Trinidad And Tobago readies to compete during the track cycling men’s keirin race at the 2020 Olympics, on Saturday, in Izu, Japan. AP PHOTO – National cyclists Nicholas Paul and Kwesi Browne advanced to the men’s keirin quarter-finals on Saturday. The pair will ride at […]

St Hillaire injures hamstring in men’s mile relay final

Sports Jonathan Ramnanansingh 2 Hrs Ago Trinidad and Tobago’s Dwight St Hillaire (second from left) trails Vernon Norwood of the United States, during the semifinal of the men’s 4×400-metre relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Friday, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP PHOTO) – TRINIDAD AND Tobago quarter-miler Dwight St Hillaire injured his hamstring while competing […]

Miller-Uibo wins women’s 400m, bronze for Felix

(Reuters) – Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas won the women’s 400 metres in 48.36 seconds yesterday to retain her Olympic title as American Allyson Felix took bronze for a record 10th Olympic medal. Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic won silver. Miller-Uibo wrested control of the lead on the second bend and delivered her trademark […]

Wood anticipates Olympics judo debut at historical venue

Sports Jelani Beckles 6 Hrs Ago Gabriella Wood – TRINIDAD and Tobago judoka Gabriella Wood is eager for her Olympic debut, on Thursday. Wood will become the first TT woman to compete in the sport of judo at the Olympic Games. Wood, 23, will fight in the women’s +78kg category which gets underway at 10 […]