Veronica Campbell-Brown posted her fastest time this season to register a resounding win against her rival Lauryn Williams in the 100M. Campbell-Brown was competing in the Reebok Grand Prix event in New York and was only really troubled by another American Marshevet Hooker. Though false starting once, and slow out of the blocks, Campbell-Brown powered home to a world leading 10.91s.

“I’m running good,” Campbell-Brown said. “My object is to run faster than I did last year. I accomplished that and I’m happy.”

Taekwondo fans will be able to witness an explosive martial arts display from May 29th-June 1st as the Trinidad and Tobago Taekwondo Association hosts the 9th Annual Caribbean Taekwondo Championships at the UWI SPEC in Trinidad. The event was recently declared open by Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Gary Hunt who delivered the keynote address. Read more about it here

In the opening rounds of the CONCACAF U-20 campaign, Cuba sought to assert their dominance early with a 5-0 thrashing of the Bahamas in Havana. With goals from Barbaro Adrila, Marcel Hernandez, Alberto Palmero, Lazaro Garcia and Hebiel Cordoves, Cuba opened the floodgates at the Pedro Marrero Stadium. The teams are competing out of Group A which also features Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

It’s a first for Jamaica. Samantha Albert could have chosen to compete for any of the four different countries embedded in her heritage but she chose to do so for Jamaica. A country where her mother, Elizabeth, was born and where she spent much of her childhood. The 36 year old, aboard her chestnut mare Before I do It, qualified for the 2008 Olympic Equestrian event. The three day event is slated to be held in Hong Kong. Albert has tried twice before but on both occasions was forced to pull out before completion. Now fund raising is taking place in earnest to ensure that the she will be able to see through the Olympic dream.

In the second installment of the Jason Roberts Summer Kicking Programme. Grenada will play host to some of Europe’s finest players, coaches and administrators. The likes of Jason Jarret, Emile William Ivanhoe Hesky, Jason Brown and Jason Roberts himself will be in attendance as they look to build a system for professional development of the island’s youth in football. The team will be making courtesy calls on government officials, sporting organizations, schools and communities. Read more about it here.

Cuba’s women volleyballers have done their country proud by winning the Abu Dhabi International Women’s Volleyball championship. They came from behind to top Holland 3-1 (23-25, 25-16, 25,20, 25-22) at the Al Jazira indoor stadium. Though Holland jumped out to the early lead, Cuba exhibited poise and style under the leadership of their coach Antonio Perdomo Estrella. Yumillka Ruiz Luaces, Yanelis Santos, Nancy Carrello, Dami Ramirez and Rachel Sanchez were all in stunning form with Stanos being titled as Best Block and Best Playmaker for the tournament. Congratulations Cuba.

Arguably one of Barbados’ most prominent footballers, Victor “Gas” Clarke has died. Clarke passed away yesterday morning at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, he was 65 years old. He leaves to mourn a wife, a son and a daughter.

Clarke is best remembered for representing Barbados in it’s football squad from 1961-1977. Rated as one of the best footballers to have come out of the Caribbean, Clarke had 59 national caps and after his retirement went on to coach at the National Sport Council.

“He was very passionate in what he did and that was football. He never wavered in his duties and he was loved by all.” said Adrian Donovan (Assistant Director of Sports)

Even though they made a valiant attempt by dismissing Australia for 167 in their second innings, the batting of the West Indies squad let them down. Set 287 to win, the West Indies saw their openers unable to make a sizable dent in the lead and were scuttled out for a modest 191, still shy some 96 runs to win. They will hope to take away key lessons for the other upcoming matches in the tour and seek to continue providing exciting cricket for their spectators. Check the scoreboard here.

The trials for the Bahamian Special Olympics are on. The events started with swimming at the Betty Kelly-Kenning Swim Complex but later moved to the Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium for the field events. The opening ceremony got started shortly after 12pm with remarks from Minister of State for Sports Byron Woodside. Read more about it here.

Brazil saw some fine athletics on display at the Grande Premio Sao Paulo/Caixa de Atletismo meeting on Thursday. None more so than Randy Lewis’s amazing jump which not only won the triple jump event but also erased a national record that he had set last year. The Grenadian leaped to a nation leading 17.49m bettering his previous mark of 17.43. It’s the second best distance this season even with the complaint from the Grenadian that he had not been able to effectively rest from his trip on Tuesday.