LIMA, Peru - Alana Reid secured her place in history as the fourth consecutive Jamaican to claim the women’s 100m title at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships, capturing gold on Wednesday in Lima, Peru.

TAROUBA, Trinidad – Superb power hitting by Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran propelled West Indies to a dominant eight-wicket win over South Africa in the third and final T20 International at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews is still the best female T20 all-rounder in the world.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Trinidadian Nyssa Pierre is Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) new communications and media manager.

TAROUBA, Trinidad – Led by superb bowling from Romario Shepherd and Shamar Joseph, West Indies snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to upset South Africa by 30 runs and capture the three-match T20 series with one match to spare.

CASTRIES, St Lucia – Athletes from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) who competed at the recently concluded Paris Olympics have come in for high praise from the OECS Commission.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The Dominica government has presented the country’s first ever Olympics gold medalist, Thea Lafond-Gadson with the country’s highest national award, The Dominica Award of Honour, following her exploits at the recently completed Paris Olympics.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Defending Women’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) champions Barbados Royals got off to a winning start in this year’s tournament with a thrilling one-wicket win over the Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Brian Lara Stadium here Wednesday.

PARIS, France – Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico was the lone Caribbean medalist on the penultimate day of action at the Paris Olympics here Saturday.

TAROUBA, Trinidad – Defending champions Barbados Royals took a giant step towards capturing their second successive Women’s Caribbean Premier League title when they marched into the final after securing a 17-run victory over the Guyana Amazon Warriors here Monday night.

LONDON, UK – Reggae Girlz forward Khadijah “Bunny” Shaw copped the prestigious Professional Footballers’ Association Women’s Player of the Year award after an outstanding season for Manchester City.

PARIS, France – The Dominican Republic’s Marileidy Paulino confirmed her status as the world’s best quarter miler when she stormed to victory in an Olympic record in the women’s 400 metres final here Friday.