CHICAGO, Illinois – Aston Villa star Leon Bailey missed a crucial penalty before late substitute Brandon Vázquez netted a sensational equaliser, as Jamaica Reggae Boyz had their hopes of a win dashed in a disappointing 1-1 draw with reigning champions United States in the opening game of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

HARARE, Zimbabwe – Head coach Darren Sammy on Sunday described West Indies’ catching as “painful” and warned players their attitude to fielding in training needed to improve, if they were to make any serious inroads in One-Day Internationals.

NEW YORK CITY – Several English-speaking Caribbean athletes are expected to add flavor with a full program of sprints set to wet the appetite at the second World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in the United States this season on Saturday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – No. 1 goalkeeper and captain Andre Blake said the current Jamaica Reggae Boyz squad for the group stage of the Concacaf Gold Cup in the United States was one of the most talented assembled.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Former Jamaica men’s captain and West Indies men’s left-handed opener Robert Samuels has been appointed interim head coach for the West Indies Women’s team for their only international home series for the year against Ireland in St Lucia.

MONTREAL, Canada – Seven-time World champion Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes are slowly getting back to their best following another podium finish here last weekend.

WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria – Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz conceded two second half goals to slump to a 2-1 defeat to Jordan in their international friendly on Monday.

HARARE, Zimbabwe – Guyanese Gajanand Singh returned to haunt West Indies with a counter-attacking maiden One-Day International hundred but veteran Johnson Charles headlined a quartet of half-century makers as the Caribbean side coasted to a 39-run victory over United States.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida – United States-based Omari Glasgow scored in regular time and buried a crucial penalty in a dramatic shootout as Guyana surged into the next round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup preliminaries with a win over Grenada.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida – The road to the Concacaf Gold Cup starts for six Caribbean Football Union teams when the first round of the preliminary stage kicks off on Friday in the United States.

OSLO, Norway – A personal best from Anthonique Strachan of the Bahamas highlighted the strong performances from the handful of English-speaking Caribbean athletes at the Bislett Games, a World Athletics Diamond League meet, on Thursday in Norway.

HARARE, Zimbabwe – West Indies readied themselves for their ICC World Cup Qualifying campaign with a convincing 91-run victory over minnows Scotland in their first official warm-up here Tuesday.