Jamaica

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has been boosted by the agreement of a seven-year global broadcast deal with Dubai-based media group Taj Television.

Management consultant Michael Muirhead has been appointed the new chief executive officer of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

ESPN Caribbean has acquired the rights for International Cricket Council (ICC) events and the Champions League Twenty20 through to 2015 in a deal with ESPN STAR Sports (ESS).

The embattled Caribbean Football Union (CFU) has established a Legal Task Force in a bid to rebuild the organisation following the devastating fallout from the Mohamed bin Hammam corruption scandal.

The battle for power at the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) took another twist on Thursday as ousted acting president Lisle Austin claimed a court ruling would allow him to return to office.

Sprinter Usain Bolt has extended his sponsorship deal with Puma, Europe’s second-largest sporting-goods maker, until the end of 2013 in what has been reported as the most-lucrative endorsement ever for a track and field athlete.

Jamaica’s Minister for Tourism is expecting “rich rewards” for the country’s tourism industry as a direct result of the performances of its athletes at the World Athletics Championships.

The chief executive of cricket’s world governing body, the ICC, has dismissed claims the Cricket World Cup has been blighted by thousands of empty seats at every game.

ICC chiefs say they expect to pocket a cool US$239m profit from the Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean.

Ticket sales for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 are soaring and on course to reach pre-tournament targets, the chairman of the West Indies Cricket Board has predicted.

IEC in Sports has added a number of new broadcast partners for the World of Athletics show.

Organisers of next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup say that work on the venue which will host the tournament’s opening match is back on track.

Constructors working on Jamaica's $29million Sabina Park upgrade ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 have been put on notice to complete their work on time.

Twenty travel agencies from 11 countries across the globe are the first Official Travel Agents (OTAs) approved to sell packages, inclusive of match tickets, for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.

This year's FA Cup final has been moved to Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, says the company building the new Wembley.

Cricket World Cup organisers say they have made significant strides in their Anti-Infringement Programme (AIP), particularly against websites that have been falsely advertising tournament tickets for sale.