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The famous Kingston Cricket Club has been chosen as the venue for the two-hour-long meeting scheduled for this Friday in the Jamaican capital, reports CMC. “We are taking into consideration all the views to see how the Board of Directors and management team can facilitate change for a positive outcome for the game in the region,” said WICB president Dave Cameron on Tuesday. “The region’s cricket requires all of its affiliates and stakeholders to make the product develop and grow, and we look forward to hearing how we can continue to make a positive impact on the sport....

The reality is Blake is more than good enough to have already yielded the kind of transfer offers that would have paved the way for his move abroad, but the Jamaican is the victim of his own national team’s reputation of mediocrity. It’s a track record he is working to change, but one that has already cost him and other Jamaicans. Sources confirmed to Goal that Premier League sides Brighton and Crystal Palace made multi-million dollar offers for Blake this past summer after his outstanding CONCACAF Gold Cup showing....

The decision comes two days before the top-ranked Seminoles play Duke in the ACC Championship Game in Charlotte, N.C. According to the Tallahassee Democrat, Winston’s attorney, Tim Jansen, has not heard from Meggs late Wednesday night. Jansen told the Democrat that the suspect’s attorney is usually contacted by the State Attorney’s Office if a charge is going to be made. Then a Tallahassee TV station reported that the accuser's attorney had been notified....

MORE: Winston vs. Mariota: strengths, weaknesses | Draft QBs train together | Mock Draft Moments after the report emerged, Winston addressed the media in his scheduled press conference, during which he denied he had any shoulder issues. He will throw Saturday during the NFL Combine. “I had an MRI just like everyone else,” he said. “I’ve been playing football since I was 4 years old and my shoulder has been fine....

Winston is in Tampa for a trip that will include several meetings with Bucs ownership, the team confirmed Tuesday. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported a three-day visit, but the Buccaneers claim the quarterback’s stay will last just one day. MORE: Updated Mock Draft | NFL’s worst QB situations | Winston a No. 1 lock? A prolonged visit this early in the draft process for a prospect like Winston is unheard of, as Schefter points out....

James has been brought back into the fold by Zinedine Zidane this season after spending two years on loan at Bayern Munich. The Colombia playmaker - who suffered a calf strain earlier in the campaign - has made nine appearances in all competitions, starting five times, though last featured for Zidane’s side in a Champions League victory over Galatasaray on October 22. However, James could now be set to miss up to six weeks after Madrid announced the 28-year-old has sprained a ligament in his left knee....

All Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of a warning/reprimand and/or the imposition of a fine of up to 50 per cent of the applicable match fee. The charge had been laid by the on-field umpires S.Ravi and Rod Tucker, as well as third umpire Aleem Dar and fourth umpire Michael Gough. Anderson accepted his offence and there was no need for a formal hearing. The incident occurred during Sri Lanka’s seventh-wicket stand, with Rangana Herath defying Anderson and Stuart Broad’s new ball spell with a flurry of fours....

Anderson has been ruled out of the 15-member squad to tour New Zealand for a two-Test series and has his eyes fixed on the Test tour of South Africa. The four-match series starts on Boxing Day at Centurion. The England team’s strength and conditioning coach Rob Ahmun will be supervising Anderson’s two month recovery time. The 149-Test veteran will have access to the facilities at the Etihad Campus as informed by an ECB spokesman....

NEWSWEEK: Why has it taken so long for you to direct another feature film? James Cameron: Well, there’s not a quick answer. I’ve done 70 ocean expeditions in the last 10 years, and I love that world. I’ve been living out a kind of childhood dream of doing real exploration. But I always knew that I would come back to feature filmmaking. We’re announcing “Avatar” right now, but I’ve been working on it for a year and half....

Avatar: The Way of Water is coming out to a very, very different cinema landscape. While the first Avatar was king of the cinema when it was first released in 2009 and remains the highest-grossing film of all time, the sequel has to contend with the rise of streaming and the pandemic having harmed many theater chains. The Avatar re-release did phenomenal numbers at the box office globally, raking in an additional $76....

Before you get too excited for a sequel to Avatar: The Game, we should elaborate. 3D is nothing new to the movie business, with the basic technology having been used for decades, but with Avatar came the realization that the technology could be more than a gimmick, an in the right hands could even add to a visual experience. Even if Avatar’s tie-in video game didn’t meet the same levels of success, the bar had been set at a new height....

It appears that will come on the highest profile basketball day of the season — Christmas Day. James’ much-anticipated return to Miami is set to come on Christmas, barring a change of heart from the league, Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports. The official schedule has not been structured and will not be circulated until mid-August, but an official slate of select games for the upcoming season pits the Cavaliers against the Heat on ABC, according to Jackson....

Fans may remember The Ravagers from both Guardians of the Galaxy films. The Ravagers were a riotous band of thieves, smugglers, and criminals who spent a lot of time double-crossing each other and butting heads with the Guardians members. They could be charming, funny, and sometimes a little scary, but no matter their mood fans mostly agreed that they were fun to watch. Gunn agrees, because he’s now revealing that he thinks there are plenty of stories to explore with that group....

It’s been that kind of year for the bearded one. The four-time All-Star posted his ninth game this season with 30 points and 10 assists, one more than he had all of last season. MORE: Yes, Harden is capable of putting up these numbers all season As good as Harden has been in his NBA career — he’s scored more than 25 points per game each of the past four seasons — he’s somehow taken his game to another level this year....

Word of the pact will ripple across the offseason player market. For example, the Rays are no longer interested in trading for Ike Davis of the New York Mets or acquiring Mitch Moreland from the Texas Rangers. While the Rays let Loney test the free-agent market, it had him first on its offseason shopping list. "So pumped to have Loney back with us," Rays second baseman Ben Zobrist told TampaBay....

“I tried,” Stars captain Jamie Benn told Sporting News. “He beat me to it.” MORE: Familiar faces, new places “He,” in this case, is Tyler Seguin; “it” is striking a match with a hockey puck. Benn and Seguin, glued together on the Stars’ top line last season and ideally the next decade or so, teamed up with trick-shot kingpins Dude Perfect for a hockey-centric version of the videos that have, as of Wednesday afternoon, totaled a little less than 375 million YouTube views....

The linebacker addressed the surprise move Tuesday but said he has already gotten over it. STEELE: Collins getting trashed is pathetic and predictable “I’m not the type to pout about anything,” Collins said, via Cleveland.com. “This is my new home. This is my focus. I’m ready.” Collins said he also feels like he is auditioning for the other 31 teams in the league because he will be a free agent after this season....

The Texans beat the Bucs 19-9 on Sunday, but Watt’s best moments came off the field. The star defensive lineman met Mario Lopez, aka A.C. Slater of the early 1990s sitcom “Saved by the Bell.” Watt wondered whether he could get a photo op with Kelly Kapowski next. MORE: Watt’s career in photos | Watt, Kevin Durant surprise fans in new commercial Apparently Tiffani Thiessen, the actress who played Kapowski, saw Watt’s question and was happy to answer....