FIFA extends TTFA Normalisation Committee to 2024

According to reports emerging from Trinidad and Tobago, football’s world-governing body FIFA has extended the mandate of the T&T Football Association (TTFA) normalization committee until March 31, 2024.

The decision, reports said, was "due to the challenges that the TTFA con-

Vice-President Dr. Shallow announces bid for CWI Presidency

tinues to face and to ensure that the mandate of the normalization committee.

The mandate includes a revision and amendment and statutes and conducting of the election of a new TTFA executive, the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian reported Thursday.

FIFA first appointed the Normalization Committee in March 2020 fol- lowing a FIFA/Concacaf fact-finding mission to assess, together with an independent auditor, the financial situation of TTFA.

The mission found that extremely low overall financial management methods, combined with a massive debt, have resulted in the TTFA facing a very real risk of insolvency and illiquidity. Such a situation is putting at risk the organization and development of football in the country and corrective measures need to be applied urgently, FIFA said.

The life of the normalization committee was further extended in December 2021 until March 2023. (Sportsmax).

CRICKET West Indies (CWI) Vice-President, Dr. Kishore Shallow, has officially announced his intention to vie for the top position when CWI hosts its 24th Annual General Meeting and elections on March 25 in Antigua.

“I wish to express gratitude to the territories for reposing confidence in me, understanding that the continued effort to reinvigorate our beloved cricket is a mammoth of a task, which requires capable and progressive leadership,” said Dr. Shallow in a statement on Wednesday.

He further added, “My experience in cricket administration at the various levels has positioned me uniquely to understand the requirements to advance West Indies cricket, and I remain committed to this while serving all stakeholders in the pursuit of sporting excellence”.

In addition, Dr. Shallow announced his “Pushing the Boundaries” manifesto will be launched on Monday, March 6, 2023, across the region and published across various international platforms.

He noted “this manifesto represents new innovative leadership, and demonstrates strategic and practical planning, with alignments culturally,” said Dr. Shallow.

A graduate of Walden University in Minnesota with a Doctorate in Business Administration specializing in Financial Management, Dr. Kishore Shallow also attained a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Wales, Cardiff, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Business Computing from the University of Sunderland.

In addition to serving as President of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association from 2014 – 2020, he has served with distinction as President of the Windward Islands Cricket Board from 2019.

Dr. Kishore Shallow served as Vice President of CWI from 2019 and chaired the task force, which developed the first West Indies selection policy.

Further to this, he chaired the Franchise Review Committee and played an integral role in stabilizing the financial state of the organisation during the COVID-19 pandemic.