Organisers of the Trinidad and Tobago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games have launched the application process for more than 1,000 volunteers.

Chris Purdie, who served as the general team manager for Scotland at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, has been named the Chef de Mission for the country for the Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games.

The Ministry of Sport and Community Development of Trinidad and Tobago has paid $3.6 million (£2.91 million/€3.3 million) to secure 5,000 hotel rooms for the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games.

The Organising Committee of the Trinidad and Tobago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games is to start work on repairing the Hasely Crawford Stadium, following the nation's carnival celebrations at the venue on February 21.

Work on venues due to be used for the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago is expected to be completed within the next six months.

Changing lives for the better - inspire, engage and unite the youth and young people of the Commonwealth - is the theme for the seventh Commonwealth Youth Games which will be held in the twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago during the month of August in 2023.

The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) has awarded $21,500 (£18,820/€21,400) in financial bonuses to their Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games medallists.

Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee President Diane Henderson heralded the signing of the official host contract for next year’s Commonwealth Youth Games as a "momentous occasion".

Double world javelin gold medallist Anderson Peters of Grenada was beaten up and thrown overboard from a boat in his home country.

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive Katie Sadleir has claimed that there is a chance of esports' being included in the organisation's Youth Games.

Trinidad and Tobago has been confirmed as the host for next year's rearranged Commonwealth Youth Games at the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly here, following the postponement of the seventh edition in 2021.

Olympic gold medallists Canada produced a commanding second-half performance against Trinidad and Tobago to leap to the top of Group B at the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) W Championship in Monterrey in Mexico.

Stacy Santana has been appointed Trinidad and Tobago's Chef de Mission for the first-ever Caribbean Games, due to begin in Guadeloupe on Wednesday (June 29).