GEORGETOWN, Guyana – A leading tourism official in Guyana has labelled the Caribbean Premier League a “game changer” for the country’s tourism sector, saying the showpiece had resulted in record arrivals over the last two years.

MELBOURNE, Australia – Barbados race car driver Zane Maloney said his chances of advancing in the sport and reaching Formula 1 are now better than before.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Windward Islands Volcanoes enter the fifth round of the West Indies Championship with a slim lead, and with a difficult assignment against multiple-time champions Guyana Harpy Eagles at Coolidge Cricket Ground starting here Wednesday.

FRISCO, Texas – Trinidad and Tobago conceded on the hour mark and then again in stoppage time, to slump to a 2-0 defeat to Canada and miss out on a place in the Copa America in June.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Superstar Chris Gayle pulled the lever to illuminate New York’s iconic Empire State Building, as organizers launched the Twenty20 World Cup trophy tour for the June showpiece.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts – Jamaica crowned themselves Women’s Super50 Cup champions with a game to spare when they pulled off an edgy three-wicket victory over Windward Islands in the penultimate round here Monday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts – A Shabika Gajnabi fifty and three-wicket hauls from off-spinners Plaffianna Millington and Ashmini Munisar powered Guyana to a convincing 42-run win over Barbados, in the Women’s T20 Blaze here Saturday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Seasoned all-rounder Jason Holder has underscored the need for clinical execution, if West Indies are to make an impact in the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup.

LONDON, UK – Jamaican international Khadija “Bunny” Shaw set up one goal but then missed a couple of chances before limping off injured in the 70th minute, as Manchester City failed to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup for the first time in their history, in a penalty shootout defeat to Tottenham on Sunday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts – Unbeaten Jamaica inched even closer to their capture of the Women’s T20 Blaze and a double in the tournament, when they thrashed closest rivals Trinidad and Tobago by eight wickets in the first game of a triple-header here Saturday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts – Trinidad and Tobago made light work of Leeward Islands to post their first win of the Women’s T20 Blaze, with a comfortable nine-wicket result here Tuesday.

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia – Emerging Barbadian race car driver Zane Maloney failed to make it onto the podium during the Saudi Arabian F2 Grand Prix on Friday and Saturday – but he continues to lead the way in the drivers’ championship after two rounds.