Less than a fortnight ago the world of sport waited with baited breath and crossed fingers as Britain’s Olympic cycling heroine Victoria Pendleton swapped saddles to negotiate Cheltenham racecourse on horseback without falling off, breaking a limb - or worse.

What are the barriers to new thinking and innovation and how do they impact on sports’ growth? I believe there has been an absence of self-belief and clear thinking which has left local sport in no-man’s land in respect of policy makers and those who influence policy.

Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis has urged National Sporting Organisations (NSOs) to broaden their outlook for talent identification in an effort to increase the number of sporting disciplines we compete in on a global scale.

Former Honduran president, Rafael Callejas, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges, admitting he solicited hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in connection with a Fifa corruption scandal.

For many years, St James, the city that never sleeps, has been associated with bars, street vending and homemade ice cream carts.

Four forestry officers were trapped and burnt while trying to extinguish a bush fire at Lady Chancellor Hill, St Ann’s, yesterday.