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• Barbados and Suriname to battle for Carib U19 boys title

  Barbados and Suriname will contest the final of the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Boys' Under-19 Championships recording identical 3-1 victories over United States Virgin Island (USVI) and Jamaica, respectively, on Thursday at GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sport.

• Badminton legend Lee retires

  Lee Chong Wei has announced his retirement from international badminton as his "health is the priority" after being diagnosed with nose cancer last year.

  The three-time Olympic silver medallist returned to training in January after undergoing treatment, but has called time on his career in the sport on medical advice at the age of 36.

  Malaysian Lee had dreamed of featuring at the Tokyo Olympics next year, but said he knows it is the right decision to end his illustrious 19-year-old career.

  An emotional Lee said in a press conference on Thursday: "It is a very tough decision. I took the decision after my last medical check-up. 

  "I talked it over with my wife and with my doctors and decided to announce it after Hari Raya [festival]. Badminton is my life. Now my health is the priority.

  "The doctor asked me to reduce my intensity of training. After my treatment last year, he told me there is a lot of pressure on my shoulders, and asked me to rest. 

  "I knew what he meant. I was back on court for six months, but my doctor called my trainer and encouraged me to take rest."

  Lee won three World Championships silver medals, 47 World Superseries/World Tour titles, two Asian Championships golds and four All England titles across almost two decades in the sport.

• Reggae Boyz squeeze out victory to stay perfect in Nations League qualifying

  Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz found Suriname at the Montego Bay Sports Complex, a tougher assignment than anticipated after they squeezed out a 2-1 victory.

  A header from Corey Burke in the seventh minute of play and a penalty from Darren Mattocks in the 16^th minute threatened to start a rout. However, Donnegy Fer’s 37^th minute tap in marked Suriname’s entrance into the game.

  While Jamaica would get a number of chances, to go further ahead, in truth, Suriname were dangerously close to equalizing on a number of occasions and could not be argued with if they believed they dropped at least two points from the game.

  Mattocks, while happy with the win, believes the Jamaicans, with himself the most at fault, need to be more clinical if they are to enjoy further success, especially with El Salvador waiting in their next fixture.

  “I’m disappointed in myself,” said Mattocks.

  “A player of my caliber should put away most of those chances but at the end of the day an ugly win is better than a pretty loss,” he said.

  “We’re just going to take the three points and move on and come ready for the next game.”

  Mattocks believes the game against El Salvador is going to be much tougher.

  “El Salvador is a very hostile environment so we have to go there really prepared,” he said.

  “We can’t have a performance like this against El Salvador,” he said.

  “We have to go back to the drawing board and these opportunities that we are creating we have to put them away,” he ended.

  Jamaica now have three wins from their three games with 12 goals for and one against.

  Their record is bettered by Haiti, who have the same number of wins but with 17 goals and one against, while Cuba have scored 14 goals without a response from their opponents.