NEW YORK, New York – Jamaicans Dane Kelly and Neco Brett extended their purple patch in the United Soccer League, with their strikes earning their respective clubs contrasting victories in the championship on Wednesday night.

NORTHAMPTON, England – Out-of-favor West Indies star, Carlos Brathwaite, produced another steady, if not spectacular all-round performance, as his Birmingham Bears won their third on the trot with a 55-run thrashing of Northamptonshire here Tuesday.

MIAMI, Florida – United Kingdom-based striker Adrian Clifton came off the bench to score twice and fire Montserrat to a 4-0 victory over US Virgin Islands, and top of Group A in the CONCACAF 2022 World Cup Qualifiers on Wednesday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Grenada has followed St Lucia’s lead in allowing fully vaccinated fans to attend the five-match Twenty20 International series between West Indies and South Africa starting on Saturday.

MIAMI, Florida – Fancied Curacao scored late but failed to complete their comeback against Panama, as all three Caribbean Football Union sides lost their opening games of the second round of CONCACAF 2022 World Cup Qualifiers on Saturday.

LONDON, UK – Injury-hit striker James Vaughan, who holds the record of being the youngest player to score in the English Premier League, has announced he is to retire at the age of 32.

LONDON, UK – Jamaica international Khadija Shaw has left France for England to join Women’s Super League (WSL) side Manchester City, saying she likes their style of play.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia – Teenaged fast bowler Jayden Seales has confessed to having “a bit of nerves” on his Test debut but said claiming his first Test wicket was “an amazing feeling”, following an impressive display on the opening day of the first Test against South Africa here Thursday.

LONDON, U.K.– Record-breaking midfielder Joe Willock could be on his way out of London to head to the northeast on a permanent basis in a deal worth up to US$30 million, according to British newspaper reports.

MELBOURNE, Australia – Seven players have pulled out of the Australia squad for the limited overs tour of West Indies next month, disrupting selectors’ plans for the Twenty20 World Cup later in the year.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Resurgent stroke-maker Shai Hope believes his recall to the West Indies side for the series against South Africa has provided him the opportunity to write a new chapter in a turbulent Test career.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, May 18, CMC – Danté Leverock, Bermuda’s well-travelled captain, has dropped a bombshell by announcing his retirement from international football at the age of 29.