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« on: February 01, 2012, 03:02:52 PM »
Roberts: No cash for TTFF for 2010 World Cup qualifying
By Julien Neaves
Story Created: Jan 31, 2012 at 11:02 PM ECT
(Story Updated: Jan 31, 2012 at 11:02 PM ECT )
NO cash contributions were given to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) in the national team's qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
This was reported in a written reply from the Sports Ministry to a question from Opposition Senator Fitzgerald Hinds on the type of financial support that had been provided in the past five years during the Senate sitting yesterday at Tower D, International Waterfront Centre, Port of Spain.
In 2007, the figure was more than $20 million, which fell to about $2 million the following year and $1 million the year after that, and then rose to $8 million last year. The breakdown given for the Ministry and Sport Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SPORTT) was as follows: