Caribbean

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has unveiled a new three-year broadcast deal with ESPN.

First Citizens will sponsor Trinidad and Tobago’s cricket team at the upcoming Caribbean Cup T20 cricket tournament, which gets under way on January 9 in Antigua.

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) has appealed against the Port of Spain High Court decision that it should honour an agreement with 13 of its 2006 World Cup squad players and also pay the legal costs of a four-year court battle.

Sprinter Usain Bolt has extended his sponsorship deal with Puma, Europe’s second-largest sporting-goods maker, until the end of 2013 in what has been reported as the most-lucrative endorsement ever for a track and field athlete.

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) has been ordered by the country’s High Court to honour its agreement to pay bonuses to the player in the national squad that took part in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

The government of Trinidad and Tobago has appointed a panel of legal experts to advise whether Jack Warner should be permitted to combine his role of FIFA vice-president with his position as the country's Minister of Works and Transport.

The Twenty20 World Cup is being given the thumbs-up by local and travelling fans, pleased at the low ticket prices and relaxed attitude to what they can bring to eat and drink at stadiums.

Jamaica’s Minister for Tourism is expecting “rich rewards” for the country’s tourism industry as a direct result of the performances of its athletes at the World Athletics Championships.

Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) chief executive Forbes Persaud said leading figures in the country's cricket body are considering breaking away from the West Indies.

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The $20 million cricket match between England and Sir Allen Stanford's Caribbean team is in doubt after the WICB lost its case in the High Court against team sponsor Digicel.

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) stand to make exactly zero broadcast revenue from next week’s friendly soccer match against England because of lack of interest from regional broadcasters.

IMG has reached a global distribution agreement for broadcasts of the Stanford 20/20 tournament, the growing Caribbean cricket competition.

The chief executive of cricket’s world governing body, the ICC, has dismissed claims the Cricket World Cup has been blighted by thousands of empty seats at every game.

ICC chiefs say they expect to pocket a cool US$239m profit from the Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean.

Premium drinks company Diageo agreed a multi-brand, multi-region sponsorship for its Johnnie Walker and Red Stripe brands to sponsor the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup.