MIAMI, FL – Jamaica may be one of two women’s national teams that could skip the qualifying tournament for the Concacaf W Gold Cup.

MELBOURNE, Australia – Seven-time World champion Lewis Hamilton has spoken about a “disconnect” with his Mercedes, despite producing a superb drive to finish second in Sunday’s Australia Grand Prix here.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa – West Indies’ gallant bid for their first One-Day International series win over South Africa in three decades fell flat here Tuesday when they slumped to a four-wicket defeat at Senwes Park.

MIAMI, FL – Concacaf announced on Friday that 16 clubs from the Caribbean will play in the fifth edition of the Concacaf Caribbean Shield from August 3 to 13 in St Kitts & Nevis.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph believes the recent Twenty20 International series win for West Indies represents a “fresh start”, in the wake of last year’s disastrous World Cup campaign.

EDMONTON, Canada – Veteran conditioners Robertino Diodoro and Rod Cone have backed outstanding Barbadian jockey Rico Walcott to excel at Woodbine Racetrack in the campaign starting there next month.

MIAMI, Florida – Regional powerhouses Jamaica will open the group stage of this year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup with a clash against reigning champions and hosts United States, in a repeat of the 2021 quarter-final.

MIAMI, Florida – Captain and veteran forward Joevin Jones earned Trinidad and Tobago a point against Nicaragua but the hosts still missed out on promotion, while St Kitts and St Lucia earned convincing wins to move up in the CONCACAF Nations League on Monday.

EAST LONDON, South Africa – South Africa are taking nothing for granted against West Indies in the three-match One-Day International starting here Thursday, despite the visitors’ 2-0 hammering in the preceding two-Test series.

NASSAU, Bahamas – Alexis James and Kahiem Carby established new records as Jamaica swept the sprint hurdle titles, the regional powerhouses also running away with the distance relays to climax a rainy final night of the 50th CARIFTA Games here Monday.

LONDON, UK – Former Jamaica youth international Jevani Brown admitted in a southwest English court on Thursday that he assaulted a woman last month but denied a second identical charge against another female on the same date

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Bermuda’s golden girl Dame Flora Duffy has announced she will focus on longer distances in a bid to boost her chances of successfully defending her Olympic triathlon title in Paris next year – which she describes as her “big goal”.