PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – West Indies fast bowler Jayden Seales will be unavailable for selection for any cricket until about April next year as he recovers from surgery to correct a left knee injury, Red Force coach David Furlonge confirmed on Tuesday.

LONDON, UK – Jamaican eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony next week.

ADELAIDE, Australia – Beleaguered West Indies were inflicted with their worst-ever Test defeat here Sunday when Australia demolished them by 419 runs before lunch on the penultimate of the final Test at Adelaide Oval.

DUBAI – West Indies captain Hayley Matthews has closed in on top spot in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings for all-rounders and has also made a big jump in the bowling rankings.

St. George’s, Grenada – Grenada Rugby World 7s (GRW7s) organizers have acclaimed GRW7s ‘Pure Grenada Pure 7s’ event, recently held at the National Cricket Stadium, a resounding success.

ADELAIDE, Australia – Outgoing West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has praised the development of the Test squad but says the region must continue to adapt to the swift changes in international cricket in order to remain competitive.

MONACO – Barbadian Zane Maloney, who notched up three successive feature race wins to take Formula 3 by storm this year, has been named Rookie of the Year.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Monday congratulated Sir Clive Lloyd on being awarded an Honorary Doctorate from The University of Guyana, a “well-deserved” honor according to CWI president Ricky Skerritt.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The embattled former FIFA vice president, Austin Jack Warner’s legal problems mounted on Monday after a High Court ruled in favor of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) in its legal battle over the ownership of the Dr Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence in Macoya, east of here.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – West Indies Women again failed to inspire confidence when off-spinner Charlie Dean produced a career-best effort, and England clinched a 17-run win in the third Twenty20 International on Saturday to take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

ADELAIDE, Australia – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite has rued West Indies’ lack of resolve in the Adelaide second Test but said he believed the chastening result was a learning curve, which would serve the side well in important contests next year.

PERTH, Australia – Roston Chase’s first Test fifty in two years proved insufficient as a first session collapse all but condemned West Indies to a heavy 164-run defeat to Australia in the opening Test on Sunday.