Minister of Sports Darryl Smith continued his support for sports in T&T by agreeing to donate five per cent of his salary for the period February-August, 2016 to T&T Olympic Committee’s Athlete Welfare and Preparation Fund ten Golds by 2024.
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David Owen: Winners and losers from the FIFA Presidential election
I have put together a list of prospective winners and losers as a consequence of Gianni Infantino’s victory in the race for the FIFA Presidency, the most important Presidential election in sports since Thomas Bach became International Olympic Committee (IOC) President in September 2013.
David Owen: Infantino - the man who made his own luck
He is a lucky man, but you have to acknowledge he made his own luck.
At just before 6pm tonight, more than four hours after voting started in his home country of Switzerland, UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino was elected ninth President of FIFA by the comfortable margin of 27 votes over his chief rival Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa.
FIFA reform package passed at Extraordinary Congress
FIFA's Member Associations have followed the advice of the Executive Committee by approving the extensive set of reforms with an overwhelming majority here today.
Brazilian President and Rio de Janeiro Mayor both confident Zika virus will not ruin Olympics
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes have claimed that the current outbreak of the Zika virus will not affect this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Rio 2016 set to be open to professional boxers after AIBA propose changing rules
An Extraordinary Congress is set to be held by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) in May to pass new rules that would allow top professional boxers like Wladimir Klitschko and Manny Pacquiao to compete in this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.