KINGSTON, Jamaica – No. 1 goalkeeper and captain Andre Blake said the current Jamaica Reggae Boyz squad for the group stage of the Concacaf Gold Cup in the United States was one of the most talented assembled.

HARARE, Zimbabwe – Guyanese Gajanand Singh returned to haunt West Indies with a counter-attacking maiden One-Day International hundred but veteran Johnson Charles headlined a quartet of half-century makers as the Caribbean side coasted to a 39-run victory over United States.

HARARE, Zimbabwe – West Indies readied themselves for their ICC World Cup Qualifying campaign with a convincing 91-run victory over minnows Scotland in their first official warm-up here Tuesday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Former Jamaica men’s captain and West Indies men’s left-handed opener Robert Samuels has been appointed interim head coach for the West Indies Women’s team for their only international home series for the year against Ireland in St Lucia.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida – United States-based Omari Glasgow scored in regular time and buried a crucial penalty in a dramatic shootout as Guyana surged into the next round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup preliminaries with a win over Grenada.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Trinidadian Prayven Badrie shone with a double but Barbadian Antonio Whitehall won again to stretch his lead in the jockeys standings at Assiniboia Downs.

MONTREAL, Canada – Seven-time World champion Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes are slowly getting back to their best following another podium finish here last weekend.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida – The road to the Concacaf Gold Cup starts for six Caribbean Football Union teams when the first round of the preliminary stage kicks off on Friday in the United States.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – President of the Barbados Basketball Association Francis Williams says the senior men’s national team has started preparations towards making a return after a near five-year break.

WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria – Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz conceded two second half goals to slump to a 2-1 defeat to Jordan in their international friendly on Monday.

OSLO, Norway – A personal best from Anthonique Strachan of the Bahamas highlighted the strong performances from the handful of English-speaking Caribbean athletes at the Bislett Games, a World Athletics Diamond League meet, on Thursday in Norway.

AUSTIN, Texas – St Lucia sprint darling Julien Alfred celebrated her 22nd birthday when she signed off her American collegiate career in spectacular fashion at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships on Saturday in the United States.