JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – West Indies arrived in South Africa confident of doing well in the upcoming edition of the ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica Cricket Association president, Billy Heaven, believes the agreement between Cricket West Indies and the Caribbean Premier League needs to be revisited, in order to ensure enhanced returns of investment for the region.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Former Jamaica Tallawahs chief executive officer Jeff Miller said a lack of support from the government was the reason behind the decision of ownership to repatriate the franchise to the Caribbean Premier League.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Organizers of the Caribbean Premier League announced on Thursday they hired Deanna Weekes as its new Tourism Partner Manager to strengthen its drive to develop sports tourism across the Caribbean.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – West Indies Twenty20 star Andre Russell has expressed disappointment with the lack of Caribbean Premier League and Twenty20 World Cup matches in Jamaica this year.

ZÜRICH, Switzerland – Jamaica will end the year as the highest ranked Caribbean Football Union (CFU) team in the FIFA World Rankings.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former Cricket West Indies director Baldath Mahabir has raised the alarm that the emergence of the United States as a host of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup could help to threaten the long-term sustainability of the sport in the Caribbean.

MANCHESTER, England – Reggae Girl Khadija “Bunny” Shaw has been adjudged Manchester City Women’s Player-of-the-Month for December.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – An Antigua-based franchise will replace the Jamaica Tallawahs in the Caribbean Premier League next year.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies has touted the economic benefits to be derived from the hosting of this year’s Twenty20 World Cup, with president Dr Kishore Shallow saying the region stood to gain from in excess of US$300 million in activity generated by the showpiece.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Head coach Angus Eve believes further technical and human resource investment is required for Trinidad and Tobago football, even in the wake of a satisfying campaign last year.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – West Indies Twenty20 captain Rovman Powell says he wants to see international cricket at Sabina Park again soon and has urged talks between Cricket West Indies and the Jamaica government, in order to have the situation rectified.