T&T’s Carif­ta Ath­letes are ready to go as the 2026 Carif­ta Games get go­ing at the Ki­rani James Ath­let­ics Sta­di­um in St George’s, Grena­da, Sat­ur­day (April 4) from 9 am.

BAS­SETERRE – West In­dies Women’s cap­tain Hay­ley Matthews has con­ced­ed that her side was dom­i­nat­ed by Aus­tralia Women in their re­cent­ly con­clud­ed white-ball home se­ries.

Two high-pro­file in­ter­na­tion­al box­ing camps have been sched­uled for June and Ju­ly at the Na­tion­al Cy­cling Cen­tre in Bal­main, Cou­va.

Trinidad and To­ba­go's 53rd Carif­taGames 73 ath­letes, 18 of­fi­cials, and some 100-plus sup­port­ers ar­rived safe­ly at the Mau­rice Bish­op In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port in St George's, Grena­da Thurs­day evening.

For St Mary’s Col­lege teacher Aaron Man­ickc­hand, the Un­der-15 Boys’ Sec­ondary Schools Na­tion­al Bas­ket­ball Cham­pi­onshp ti­tle isn't just a tro­phy for the cab­i­net; it is a tes­ta­ment to the "re­silience, growth, and im­proved per­for­mance" of a group of young men who re­fused to let past fail­ure de­fine them.

The fi­nal FI­FA win­dow be­fore the 2026 World Cup fi­es­ta kicks off of­fered a mind-bog­gling menu of in­ter­na­tion­al match­es - lit­er­al­ly sev­er­al dozens - with some in­ter­est­ing in­ter­con­ti­nen­tal match-ups.

DURHAM – West In­dies fast bowler Ke­mar Roach made his pres­ence felt for Durham on the open­ing day of their Di­vi­sion Two clash against Kent in the Rothe­say Coun­ty Cham­pi­onship in Eng­land on Fri­day.

Haze­ly Haynes, as­sis­tant coach of the T&T Carif­ta Aquat­ics Cham­pi­onship team, said their am­bi­tion is to end this coun­try’s 16-year ti­tle drought when the 39th edi­tion splash­es off in Fort De France, Mar­tinique, from Sat­ur­day (April 4) un­til April 8, at the Lamentin Aquat­ic Cen­ter.

Ma­tu­ri­ty, dis­ci­pline, and a clin­i­cal per­for­mance from “Most Valu­able Play­er” (MVP) Akeira Charles pro­pelled Five Rivers Sec­ondary School to their third con­sec­u­tive Open Girls’ ti­tle in the Sec­ondary Schools Bas­ket­ball League (SS­BL) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­onships, which con­clud­ed on Fri­day.

An eight-mem­ber team com­pris­ing Phoebe Sandy, Kyrah Williams, Ak­il Camp­bell, Dar­nell James, Ja­di­an Neaves, Liam Trepte, vet­er­an Adam Alexan­der, and Tariq Woods will rep­re­sent the red, white, and black of T&T at the com­bined East­er In­ter­na­tion­al Cy­cling Grand Prix, the Caribbean Track Cy­cling Cham­pi­onships, and the Amer­i­c­as Track Cy­cling Cham­pi­onships, all wrapped in one event.

BRIDGETOWN, Bar­ba­dos – Pres­i­dent of Crick­et West In­dies (CWI), Dr Kishore Shal­low has re­vealed that a lack of fi­nan­cial re­sources was the main rea­son be­hind Kens­ing­ton Oval’s ex­clu­sion from host­ing re­gion­al or in­ter­na­tion­al fix­tures in 2026.

BAS­SETERRE – West In­dies Women pro­duced an­oth­er dis­mal bat­ting per­for­mance as Aus­tralia Women swept their One Day In­ter­na­tion­al se­ries with an em­phat­ic nine-wick­et vic­to­ry in St Kitts Thurs­day.