by Jada Chambers Cayman Island sisters and Beach Volleyball athletes Anjia and Brianna Delapenha have praised Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) Trinbago 2023 for giving athletes a “royal” experience. The Delapenha sisters, who are also Youth Ambassadors of the Cayman Islands Volleyball Federation (CIVF) are no strangers to the world of volleyball as they have traveled …
by Jada Chambers Australian Triathlete Jack Latham “couldn’t believe it” when he captured third place in the Triathlon at the Commonwealth Youth Games on his first attempt, just three years after he started playing the sport. Not many people can say that on their first outing at the Commonwealth Youth Games they were able to …
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August 3, 2023: With days to go before the seventh Commonwealth Youth Games, Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, praised Trinidad and Tobago for the work that has been done in preparation for the Games. The Secretary-General will attend the opening ceremony on Friday, 4 August 2023, and will stay on to cheer on all the athletes as they compete in this global festival of sport. Organised by the Government of Trinidad and …
Photo Credits: Instagram About the writer, Toshaunae Norris: I am a former sixth-form student of Campion College, Kingston, Jamaica. I enjoy writing articles and poems. I hope to become an Astrophysicist and a future writer and later executive editor of the New York Times.
For 17 days; race, religion, politics and all other global issues came second as people around the world were united to cheer for their athletes in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. As athletes continue to celebrate their wins; Alvin Ma, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Canada reflects on some values of the games and the need for …
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Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport (CABOS) meets in Delhi during 7-9 February 2011 for its annual meeting (CABOS 2011, DELHI). The meeting will be co chaired by the CABOS member from India, the host country along with Dr. Bruce Kidd, Chair, CABOS. The first two days of the meeting will be devoted to the business of …
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The use of sport as a tool for development is sometimes underestimated around the world, however with young people’s innate ability to identify with sport and its many valuable outputs, the Commonwealth have made a commitment to putting young people at the centre of sustainable development. The Commonwealth has formed a Sport for Development and …
Sport can unite people across ethnic and social divides and be a welcome respite for book-weary students, writes Oluwafemi Ogunjobi, 21, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Gbongan in Nigeria as he describes a massive event hosted by his university. Especially in Nigeria, a country with a diverse religion and ethnic set up, sport is regarded as …
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With World Cup fever raging around the globe, Asif Reza Akash, 22, a Correspondent from Dhaka in Bangladesh, describes the extraordinary commitment of fans in what is otherwise a cricket-playing nation. Bangladesh, a cricket playing country that organized the last T20 World Cup and the inaugural ceremony of the last Cricket World Cup, is now …
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Asif Reza Akash recently wrote about FIFA World Cup fandom in Bangladesh. Here, Alvin Ma, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Canada, offers a complement to those experiences with a perspective from halfway around the world in Toronto, Canada. Whereas Bangladeshi people are watching FIFA World Cup matches at 10 pm, 1 am, and 4 am; Toronto …