LONDON, UK – Jamaican eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony next week.

ADELAIDE, Australia – Beleaguered West Indies were inflicted with their worst-ever Test defeat here Sunday when Australia demolished them by 419 runs before lunch on the penultimate of the final Test at Adelaide Oval.

PERTH, Australia – Debutant Tagenarine Chanderpaul was closing in on a defiant half-century after surviving a stern examination by Australia’s quicks, as West Indies emerged unscathed from a difficult final session on an exhausting day two of the first Test at Perth Stadium.

St. George’s, Grenada – Grenada Rugby World 7s (GRW7s) organizers have acclaimed GRW7s ‘Pure Grenada Pure 7s’ event, recently held at the National Cricket Stadium, a resounding success.

ADELAIDE, Australia – Outgoing West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has praised the development of the Test squad but says the region must continue to adapt to the swift changes in international cricket in order to remain competitive.

The nearly 1,000 overseas participants expected for this year’s in-person staging of the Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K in Negril, Jamaica will contribute to the country’s post-COVID boom in tourism, which is predicted to reach 3.7 million visitors by April 2023. Six hundred locals are also expected.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Monday congratulated Sir Clive Lloyd on being awarded an Honorary Doctorate from The University of Guyana, a “well-deserved” honor according to CWI president Ricky Skerritt.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The embattled former FIFA vice president, Austin Jack Warner’s legal problems mounted on Monday after a High Court ruled in favor of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) in its legal battle over the ownership of the Dr Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence in Macoya, east of here.

PERTH, Australia – Tagenarine Chanderpaul has made his Test debut for West Indies, 28 years after his legendary father Shivnarine made his debut for the Caribbean side.

ADELAIDE, Australia – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite has rued West Indies’ lack of resolve in the Adelaide second Test but said he believed the chastening result was a learning curve, which would serve the side well in important contests next year.

PERTH, Australia – Roston Chase’s first Test fifty in two years proved insufficient as a first session collapse all but condemned West Indies to a heavy 164-run defeat to Australia in the opening Test on Sunday.

PERTH, Australia – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite on Tuesday emphasized the importance of a disciplined all-round performance from West Indies, as they geared up for the first Test against favorites Australia at Perth Stadium bowling off here Wednesday.