TTO’s hockey men will play for the gold medal after beating Venezuela yesterday in the semi-finals at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

TTO owed their 2-1 victory to Teague Marcano who got both his team’s goals from penalty corners.

Trinidad and Tobago concluded a highly successful 2026 Caribbean Darts Cup campaign in spectacular fashion, capturing four individual Caribbean titles on Finals Day, Sunday, after already securing the prestigious Team Event Championship.

The team, however, finished third overall.

It was a day to remember for young, aspiring basketball players at the Coach KG Summer Basketball Camp.

During their Monday session at the Maloney Indoor Sporting Arena, they received not only a visit from the Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Phillip Watts, but also a special visit from newly drafted NBA player and Milwaukee Bucks selection Malique Lewis.

TTO SAILOR Kelly-Ann Arrindell tacked her way to a silver medal in the one-person women’s regional dinghy competition yesterday, as the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games wound down to the closing ceremony tomorrow.

Sprinter Aaron Charles used his customary late kick to burst through for bronze in the men’s 200m event at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium yesterday afternoon.

A record-breaking swim in Santo Domingo has convinced Trinidad and Tobago’s Men’s 4x100-metre freestyle relay team that even greater achievements lie ahead.

Liam Carrington, Nikoli Blackman, Zarek Wilson and Dylan Carter combined to win gold at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games, lowering both the Games and national records as Trinidad and Tobago announced itself as one of the region’s rising sprint powers.

They returned tired from the Commonwealth Games, but filled with gratitude and hope for what lies ahead.

That was the feeling yesterday afternoon as Trinidad and Tobago’s athletes arrived home from Scotland.

Through his breakthrough swims in July at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, Nikoli Blackman made himself one of Trinidad and Tobago’s stars at the two-week competition.

Blackman returned from the Dominican Republic with momentum, a greater measure of recognition and a legitimate claim to being the next major name in Trinidad and Tobago swimming.

Trinidad and Tobago capped a perfect group stage at the netball championships, beating Jamaica 56-49 in the Gold Medal match.

It was their fifth straight win and Jamaica’s first loss of the tournament.

Cricket West Indies has announced the 2026 Rising Stars Women’s Under-19 Championship, bowling off in Antigua from August 8th to the 15th, as the region hunts for its next generation of cricket stars.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Chequeda De Boulet advanced to the women's singles quarterfinals in the Jamaica International Badminton Open hosted by the Jamaica Badminton Association (JBA) at the University of Technology (UTECH) Auditorium in Kingston, Jamaica, last Thursday. However, fellow T&T player Nekeisha Blake was beaten by Jamaican Mikaelah Mustafa in her round-of-32 opener 12-21, 20-22. 

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO finished second overall at the 2026 Goodwill Swimming Championships, collecting 94 medals and 1,225.50 points as the three-day meet concluded at the National Aquatic Centre, in Couva, on Sunday.

TTO improved on their performance from the previous edition last year, leapfrogging two places from fourth position.

Former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo and respected cricket commentator Ian Bishop will be the first two people inducted into the newly established Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Hall of Fame.

The Trinidad and Tobago Cycling Federation has named the team for the 2026 UCI Junior World Championships in Belgium.

Heading to the event will be Zion Lucas, Christian Nelson, Kafele Desomeaux, Kylee Young and Shamika Hoyte.

The team will be managed by Sheryl Leacock, with Gregory D’Andrade serving as coach and Sheldon Ramjit serving as mechanic.

Sport and Youth Affairs Minister Phillip Watts says the Government is moving to make sport tourism a major source of revenue as it seeks to reduce Trinidad and Tobago’s dependence on the energy sector.

Speaking at a pre-budget consultation at the Cunupia Government Primary School in the Caroni East constituency on Tuesday night, Watts said a national sport tourism policy was expected to go before Cabinet within the next month and would form the basis for developing the sector.

Trinidad and Tobago reigned supreme in the individual and team events at the second edition of the Nations Cup Caribbean.

The junior go-karting championship featured 13 drivers from across the Caribbean.

It was a double-gold weekend for Ella-Marie Young at the Caribbean Junior Road Cycling Championships in Belize.

Having captured the title in the Juvenile Women’s individual time trial crown on Saturday, Young returned yesterday to claim gold in the road race.

Nicholas Pooran is hoping that coming home will help restore the winning habit for his Trinbago Knight Riders following back-to-back defeats in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League.

The defending champions will begin their home leg of the T20 series against the St Lucia Kings at the Queen’s Park Oval on Wednesday only one place off the bottom of the standings following their five-wicket defeat to the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons on Saturday.

TTO’s cyclists concluded their campaign at the UCI Track Junior World Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium without a medal, after the sprinters failed to advance to the medal rounds of the keirin yesterday.

Male sprinters Cristian Nelson and Kafele Desormeaux both got to the repechage stage but no further.

Shaniqua Bascombe came within a whisker of breaking the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s 200 metres record when she clocked a personal best 22.26 seconds for silver at the Felix Sanchez Classic in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Saturday.

Bascombe’s half-lap sizzler was just one-hundredth of a second slower than the 22.25 national record established by Michelle-Lee Ahye at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A top-two finish in their group in the upcoming CONCACAF Nations League group will put Trinidad and Tobago within two matches of qualifying directly for the 2027 Gold Cup.

On Monday, CONCACAF confirmed the qualification pathway for the 16-team tournament, with the Nations League serving as the main route to next year’s Gold Cup, scheduled for June and July

Down in fifth spot with just two points, the Trinbago Knight Riders need to get moving in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League.

They will attempt to do so tonight in the first game of what will be a pivotal home leg of the T20 tournament.

TKR will first take on the St Lucia Kings who are currently second in the table with six points. Only net run rate separates Roston Chase’s side from the unbeaten Guyana Amazon Warriors who have played three games less.

The Knight Riders’ first home test is against 2024 champions St. Lucia Kings, who are currently second on the table with six points.

TKR had mixed results in their opening three matches, which started with a 19-run DLS win over the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots in St. Vincent on August 8, and seven days later the team suffered a five-wicket losses to the Jamaica Kingsmen in Antigua and the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons at North Sound, Antigua.

T&T’s Malique Lewis Begins New Chapter After Milwaukee Bucks Selection

Trinidad and Tobago basketballer Malique Lewis is set to continue his career in Australia with National Basketball League team Cairns Taipans, which has announced the signing of the 21-year-old on a two-year deal.

Lewis, who was the 60th pick in the 2026 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks, will open the new NBL season as a draft-and-stash player, with the Bucks still holding the NBA draft rights to the 21-year-old.

Sport Ministry & Tobago Division Strengthen Partnership For Youth Development

Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, the Honourable Phillip Watts, led a Ministry delegation to Tobago to meet with Secretary of Youth Empowerment and Sport, Assemblyman Keigon Denoon, to discuss proposed youth development initiatives, including the Reimagined Retiree Adolescent Partnership Programme (RAPP) and the Principles of Groundsmanship programme.

Trinidad and Tobago’s “Young Divas” maintained their winning ways in the third round of the CWI Rising Stars Under-19 Women’s Championship, yesterday.

At the Liberta Sports Club, in St John’s, Antigua, T&T thrashed their Windward Islands counterparts by ten wickets, skittling out the opposition for a meagre 52 in 19.4 overs.

Bristol City have signed Trinidad and Tobago full-back Rio Cardines on a season-long loan from Crystal Palace.

The 20-year-old joins Bristol City to add much-needed depth at the back.

Imagination met problem-solving in a thrilling showcase as the 2026 CARIRI Innovation Nation Virtual Programme spotlighted 11 brilliant young visionaries.

The Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business hosted the 2026 Power Up Competition on Wednesday, providing a platform for young innovators to showcase their creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Trinidad and Tobago will host the 2026 ITF/COTECC Under-12 Team Competition Sub Region Four from today to August 21 at the National Racquet Centre in Tacarigua, bringing together young tennis players from 19 Caribbean and South American nations.