# Friday 17th

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#### <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> **Daily Media Monitoring Report -** </span>Friday 17th April, 2026   
 **Prepared by: Elijah Samaroo**

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-division-media-house" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 104.762%; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><colgroup><col style="width: 11.566%;"></col><col style="width: 11.566%;"></col><col style="width: 12.9968%;"></col><col style="width: 17.2893%;"></col><col style="width: 19.9126%;"></col><col style="width: 14.4277%;"></col><col style="width: 12.4006%;"></col></colgroup><thead><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">##### **Division**

</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">##### **Media House**

</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">##### **Type of Article**

</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">##### **Headline and Page No**

</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">##### **Article Summary/Issue Raised**

</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">##### **Hyperlinks**

</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">##### **Action Required**

</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sport Division</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Trinidad &amp; Tobago Guardian </td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sport News</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">'T&amp;T U-16 netballers top St. Lucia to remain unbeaten'  
  
Page 38</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">Curleen Lara's sharp shooting remained the focal point of T&amp;T's undefeated campaign as the hosts upstaged St. Lucia 43-20 in the Jean Pierre Caribbean Youth Netball Tournament at UWI SPEC, St. Augustine on Wednesday. </td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  
</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sport Division</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Trinidad &amp; Tobago Guardian </td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sport News</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">'Arena365 swings for the fences, signs Pooran in "New Model" cricket partnerships '  
  
Page 37</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">In a move that signals a major shift away from traditional endorsement deals, Arena365 announced yesterday that it has signed T20 superstar Nicholas Pooran as its Official Brand Ambassador.</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  
</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sport Division</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Daily Express</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sport News</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">'One win away'</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">Trinidad and Tobago’s senior women’s football team will play their most significant match in over a decade when they face El Salvador for a place in the November 2026, CONCACAF Women’s Championship this evening. It is their biggest fixture since the intercontinental playoff for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, a campaign that saw T&amp;T come agonisingly close to an historic qualification.</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/local/one-win-away/article\_1ee0f80f-46d3-4fac-8917-69184ec93da5.html](https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/local/one-win-away/article_1ee0f80f-46d3-4fac-8917-69184ec93da5.html)

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</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Youth Division</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">TTT News</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">News</td><td class="align-center" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">'T&amp;T Join Global Conversations At UN ECOSOC Youth Forum 2026'

</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs proudly joined the global community at the United Nations ECOSOC Youth Forum 2026, that took place from April 14-16 at the UN Headquarters in New York

</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[https://www.instagram.com/p/DXNhyd4kdbc/?img\_index=1](https://www.instagram.com/p/DXNhyd4kdbc/?img_index=1)

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