NBFTT fouls out: Basketball federation suspended by TTOC

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NBFTT fouls out: Basketball federation suspended by TTOC

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Tobago Claire Mitchell - THE National Basketball Federation of TT (NBFTT) has been suspended for six months by the TT Olympic Committee (TTOC) for acting unconstitutionally in suspending members Keith Clement and Ikenna Joseph and failing to meet with the TTOC to discuss differences within the local basketball federation. A letter sent by the president of the TTOC Brian Lewis to the president of the NBFTT Claire Mitchell, dated January 4, […]

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