National sporting bodies on Thursday were urged to keep their disputes out of the courtroom at the inaugural Sports Disputes Resolution seminar hosted by the Ministry of Sport and held at Radisson Hotel, Port of Spain.

It is probably fair to say that everybody with a passion for sport is concerned and saddened to see all the continued headlines about corruption, doping, match-fixing and other integrity issues in sport. Not only do such headlines take away attention and trust from the beautiful game. As a result of what is widely seen as sport organizations no longer being fit for purpose, fans, athletes, sponsors, governments and sport organizations are also starting to acknowledge the importance and urgency in bringing about change in the way that sport is governed.

Outgoing Executive Committee members of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) will no longer be able to vote in the organisation's elections, it has been announced following its 67th Annual General Meeting (AGM).

Ad interim COUNCIL
Appointed by unanimity
SIGA General Meeting – UNESCO headquarters, Paris, 15 June 2016

A new "informal coalition" of academics, big business, governing bodies and international organisations has declared its intention to improve the way sport is run but has denied that it is any threat to the World Anti-Doping Agency.

In what can be a positively perceived next step for an organisation still working through ways to define itself, the Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) has announced a set of Universal Standards that underpins its philosophy, perhaps the longest mission statement ever issued.