# Wednesday 20th

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#### <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> **Daily Media Monitoring Report -** </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Wednesday 20<sup>th</sup> August 2025  
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>**Prepared by: Elijah Samaroo**</span>

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Wednesday 20<sup>th</sup> August 2025</span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="167">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-TT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">‘Bascombe sprints to 100M gold medal’ </span>**

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**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-TT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Page 38</span>**

</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Noto Sans Devanagari'; color: black;">T&amp;T sprinter Shaniqua Bascombe sealed the country’s first gold medal in the women’s 100-metre final when she scorched the track to cross the finish line in a time of 11.19 seconds at the Junior Pan American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay yesterday.</span>

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Tuesday 19<sup>th</sup> August 2025</span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="167">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; color: black; background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-TT; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">‘JAVA Cricket to Engage Young Players Across 47 Communities’ </span>**

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</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Noto Sans Devanagari'; color: black;">The Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SporTT), in collaboration with the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, has launched the JAVA Cricket Programme, a nationwide school-vacation initiative running from July 14<sup>th</sup> to August 28<sup>th</sup>. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; background: white;">Designed for boys and girls ages 7–17, the programme delivers twice-weekly sessions at forty-seven community venues across Trinidad and Tobago</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #555555; background: white;">.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Noto Sans Devanagari'; color: black;"> </span>

</td><td style="width: 126.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="168">[<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">https://www.ttt.live/java-cricket-to-engage-young-players-across-47-communities/</span>](https://www.ttt.live/java-cricket-to-engage-young-players-across-47-communities/)

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