Thursday 20th
Daily Media Monitoring Report - Thursday 20th August, 2026
Prepared by: Elijah Samaroo
Division |
Media House |
Type of Article |
Headline and Page No |
Article Summary/Issue Raised |
Hyperlinks |
Action Required |
| Sport Division | Daily Express | Sport News | Minister Watts sees future in sport tourism |
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. |
https://trinidadexpress.com/business/local/watts-sees-future-in-sport-tourism/article_704aee32-e6ac-4941-ac8a-181101972d42.html | |
| Sport Division | Daily Express | Sport News | Winning Exit - T&T Under-14s bow out CFY Challenge despite 4-1 whipping of French Guiana | Trinidad and Tobago ended their 2026 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-14 Boys Challenge campaign on a winning note yesterday, defeating French Guiana 4-1 in the Dominican Republic, but the victory was not enough to secure a place in Friday’s Tier One semi-finals. | https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/regional/winning-exit/article_2f8aa158-a09b-4526-be8a-ee5bdead284a.html | |
| Sport Division | Daily Express | Sport News | T&T cyclists exit World Juniors team sprint in first round | Trinidad and Tobago’s men’s team sprint trio of Zion Lucas, Cristian Nelson and Kafele De Sormeaux exited the event in the first round at the 2026 UCI Junior Track World Cycling Championships, in Belgium, yesterday. | https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/world/t-t-cyclists-exit-world-juniors-team-sprint-in-first-round/article_5607d55f-ad16-4cee-b175-ae1e9cebfe7c.html | |
| Sport Division | Daily Express | Sport News | SSFL General Council vote to keep Tobago schools in combines Boys Premier Division | THE General Council of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) yesterday confirmed the return of Tobago schools Signal Hill Secondary and Speyside Secondary to the Boys Premier Division for the upcoming season, following a vote by the council. | https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/local/ssfl-general-council-vote-to-keep-tobago-schools-in-combined-boys-premier-division/article_99b87687-e623-4040-a7c3-79ec078b2713.html | |
| Sport Division | TTT News | Sport News | T&T Dominates Individual and Team Events At Nations Cup Caribbean |
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. |
https://www.ttt.live/tt-dominates-individual-and-team-events-at-nations-cup-caribbean/ |
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