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By Kerrel Raphael Guest Contributor TORONTO, Ontario — Toronto Raptors Assistant Coach and Community Ambassador, Jamaal Magloire, asserts that he wouldn’t be where he is today, without the guidance of his mentors. Earlier this year, on Saturday, April 17, he ...

By Annan Boodram Contributing Columnist I am aware that the focus, by sports these days, is on Black Lives Matter. However, in the Caribbean, gender-based violence is reaching crisis proportions and cricket can be a powerful instrument to help address ...

TORONTO, Ontario — With the one-month countdown to the start of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games now officially underway, 28-year-old, 5′-10″ Brandie Wilkerson — the first Black woman on the Canadian beach volleyball team that is set to shine at ...

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (Friday, May 7, 2021) — Former Men’s National Senior Team player, Clyde Leon, 37, who made his debut in 2008 and had 48 caps for the national team, died, last week, reportedly of a heart attack. The ...

By Annan Boodram Contributing Columnist It has become rather perplexing that, in spite of the jelling of the West Indies cricket team, the nations of the Caribbean refuse to use this model for all sports. This issue has been mooted, ...

By Luisa Farah Schwartzman Guest Contributor A recent Netflix documentary about the legendary Brazilian soccer player, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, tells a compelling story of the athlete’s rise to fame from 1950 to 1974. The 99-minute documentary, which includes ...

By Dr Kumar Mahabir Contributing Columnist Indians in India and the Indian Diaspora love cricket. However, it seems that football — also called soccer — is not their game of preference. Football is a popular sport in the Caribbean, but ...

By Sania Farooqui Guest Contributor NEW DELHI, India (January 27, 2021) IPS — As a Muslim woman, born and brought up in Denmark, Nadia Helmy Ahmed broke many stereotypes, when she started boxing at the age of 15. “Back then, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (January 19, 2021) — The Ministry of Sport and Community Development formally announced, last Friday, the appointment of Gabre McTair, as its new Director of Physical Education and Sport Division. McTair, a seasoned sports ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Friday, October 30, 2020) — Since 1972, Barbados has had an exceptional relationship with Cuba, and the government is seeking to strengthen this relationship in the area of sports. The ‘pushing of new frontiers’ in sports was one ...