PARIS, France – St Lucian Julien Alfred and Dominican Thea La Fond sprinkled Caribbean star dust on the Paris Olympics, conjuring up magical performances to deliver historic gold medals for their respective nations here Saturday.

PARIS, France – Kishane Thompson of Jamaica came agonizingly close to capturing gold in the men’s 100 metres at the Paris Olympics on Sunday night.

TAROUBA, Trinidad – All-rounder Shamar Springer completed a stunning hundred to frustrate South Africa on the second day of their four-day tour match here Thursday.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – Barbados are the double crown champions of the West Indies Men’s Under-19 Championship after spinners Saurav Worrell and Zishan Motara set the foundation for a six-wicket win against Leeward Islands on Tuesday in St Vincent.

STAVELOT, Belgium – Seven-time world champion, Lewis Hamilton said the second half of the Formula 1 season will be “exciting” after he won the Belgian Grand Prix following the disqualification of his Mercedes teammate, George Russell for an underweight car.

LONDON, UK – St Lucian Julien Alfred fired some warning shots ahead of her first-ever Olympic Games when she sped to a personal best and set a new national 200 metres record, in a second place finish at the London Diamond League here Saturday.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – Barbados won the West Indies Under-19 Championship here Sunday after the two-day final against Jamaica ended in a tame stalemate at the Arnos Vale Stadium.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Jamaica are still the highest ranked Caribbean Football Union (CFU) team in the Fifa world rankings, but they have slipped after their dismal performances in the Copa America tournament last month in the United States.

MONACO – Sprint darling Julien Alfred of St Lucia warmed up for the 2024 Olympic Games with a confident win, and fellow medal hopeful Thea La Fond of Dominica returned a season’s best in her pet event at the ninth World Athletics Diamond League meet for the year on Friday.

SILVERSTONE, England – Seven-time World champion, Lewis Hamilton, produced a stunning drive in wet conditions to win his first race in two-and-a-years when he captured the British Grand Prix on Sunday.

LONDON – Batting icon and former Test captain, Brian Lara, has urged West Indies to be “technical and tactical” in order to mitigate the threat of England’s batting juggernaut in the three-Test series starting next week at Lord’s.

With the recent launch of this year’s Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K, Takese Foga, Director of Health Promotion and Education at the Ministry of Health & Wellness (MOHW), emphasised the influence Running Events Jamaica has had on promoting health and wellness across the island. The Reggae Marathon, now in its 24th year and organised by the Jamdammers Running Club of Kingston in association with Running Events Jamaica, will be held on December 8th in Negril. This event marks the highlight of another year filled with numerous impactful races orchestrated by Running Events Jamaica, Foga noted.