ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Shimron Hetmyer’s career-best half-century proved an exercise in futility as a West Indies campaign that started in shame ended in sorrow, after the reigning champions suffered elimination from the Twenty20 World Cup with a depressing 20-run defeat to Sri Lanka here Thursday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons said Saturday’s embarrassing defeat to England had not shattered his side’s confidence, and said they were already fired up for Tuesday’s encounter against South Africa.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A scoreless draw between Jamaica and Canada on Sunday here at Independence Park took Jamaica to a pair of points thus far in the final round of World Cup qualification, while Canada earned its second consecutive away draw and now sits on seven points.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – An online portal was launched Monday to facilitate fully vaccinated persons who want to buy tickets to attend the Jamaica World Cup qualifying game against the United States at the National Stadium here on November 16.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaican sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah confirmed on Monday that she has departed from the MVP Track Club, which is headed by renowned coach Stephen Francis.

AUSTIN, Texas – Jamaica Reggae Boyz suffered another huge setback in their bid to reach the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, when Ricardo Pepi scored twice in the second half to give the United States a 2-0 victory in their CONCACAF qualifier on Thursday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite believes next month’s two-Test of Sri Lanka will provide West Indies with the ideal opportunity to close out a “strong” year in the longest format.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Two legendary Trinidad and Tobago sports figures, weightlifters Rodney Adolphus Wilkes and Lennox Kilgour, have posthumously been inducted into the Pan American Weightlifting Hall of Fame.

SHARJAH, UAE– Neither West Indies white-ball captain Kieron Pollard nor Trinidad & Tobago compatriot Evin Lewis had a starring role in an eight-wicket win for defending champions Mumbai Indians over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Captain Kieron Pollard has bemoaned his side’s lethargic batting following their second straight defeat of the Twenty20 World Cup, and says a rethink of the combination will be necessary if West Indies are to turnaround their losing form.

MIAMI, Florida – Jamaica Reggae Boyz ended the search for their first win in the final round of Concacaf qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar in style with a historic 2-0 win over Honduras on Wednesday.

TEXAS – Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz will play the United States in front of a sold-out crowd when the next round of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers kicks off on Thursday.