Caribbean

Jamaica has expressed an interest in bidding for a future edition of the Commonwealth Games, with the Caribbean nation having last hosted the multi-sport event in 1966.

Morocco 2026 has courted controversy after a second government of a Caribbean nation declared its support for the North African country’s bid for the Fifa World Cup.

Football’s governing body in North and Central America and the Caribbean has unveiled a new logo and changed its name from CONCACAF to Concacaf as it seeks to usher in a new era with the launch of its Nations League competition.

Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki has signed a one-year endorsement deal with Cayman Islands-based organisation Dart Enterprises.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana and St Lucia will be the venues for the 2018 Women’s World Twenty20, the first edition of the national team tournament to be held on a standalone basis.

Gordon Derrick, the president of the Caribbean Football Union, has been banned from football-related activities for six years by Fifa, the sport’s global governing body.

German sportswear company Puma has said it could make Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt head of its Caribbean business following his impending retirement from athletics.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has offered an olive branch in the long-running dispute with some of its star players by reaching an agreement for a “temporary amnesty” that will allow them to return to the fold for one-day internationals.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has agreed a deal with the Bermuda Tourism Authority for the Caribbean country to host World Triathlon Series events for the next three years, beginning in 2018.

America’s Cup sailing is 164 years old and proud of its traditions, but the 90km-per-hour catamarans contesting the latest edition have added a new dimension and opened up fresh commercial opportunities for a property focused on building for a new generation without losing sight of its past. Kevin Roberts reports.

The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Twenty20 cricket competition has secured approval from the International Cricket Council (ICC) to return to the US later this year.

Victor Montagliani, president of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf), has said the organisation will discuss the possibility of more than one country from its membership bidding to host the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has been stripped of one of his nine Olympic gold medals after teammate Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance in a re-analysis of samples from the 2008 summer Games in Beijing, China.

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has today (Monday) unveiled a major overhaul of its club competition model, including the introduction of a new tournament that will allow the participation of more teams from the region.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has hired Englishman Johnny Grave, currently commercial director of the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) in the UK, as its new chief executive.

Doubts have been raised over the staging of the 35th America’s Cup after trade unionists in host country Bermuda threatened to disrupt the sailing contest in protest over the work status of a controversial pastor.