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Sport Division

Trinidad and Tobago Guardian

Sport News

 Friday 1^st  August 2025

‘Government gives $940,000 for volleyball tourneys’

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T&T senior women’s volley ballers began their departure for the Pan American Cup Senior Women’s Championship after it was confirmed by the T&T Volleyball Federation (TTVF) that they had received the necessary funding to purchase their tickets.

TTVF president, Daymian Stewart expressed his heartfelt thanks to the Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, Senator David Nakhid for his intervention in the matter and the hard-working team at the ministry.

Sport Division

Trinidad and Tobago Guardian

Sport News

Friday 1^st  August 2025

‘Jereem collects $.25M EAAP cheque’

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T&T Olympian Jereem Richards received his Elite Athlete Assistance Programme (EAAP) disbursement last Wednesday, ammountiing to $250,000. This cheque was distributed by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, Ms. Beverly Reid-Samuel.

Youth Division

Trinidad and Tobago Guardian

 News

 Friday 1^st  August 2025

‘CCC staff get one-month extension as programme awaits Cabinet decision’

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The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs (MSYA) has granted a one-month contract extension to 114 employees of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), allowing them to remain in their posts until August 31, as the programme remains under Cabinet review. 

A senior MSYA official explained that the ministry remains the accounting agency until the new fiscal year in October, when ‘heads of expenditure’ will be updated.

Youth Division

Trinidad and Tobago Guardian

 News

 Sunday 3^rd  August 2025

‘Nakhid wants SSFL change from 3 to 6 months’

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The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) could see a change in its structure for the 2026 season. The change features an increase from three months to six months of the time the League is staged, courtesy of a proposal from Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, Senator David Nakhid.

This would facilitate one game per week, bringing back All-Star clashes, and more time for coaches from Europe to look at the players and coaches for them to get scholarships. Senator Nakhid remarked that this is a big step to holistic development.