St. Lucia Kings booked their place in the 2024 Republic Bank CPL final with a 15-run victory over Guyana Amazon Warriors in the first qualifier at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence. The Kings batted first and posted a respectable 198 for 5. Player of the Match Johnson Charles top-scored with 79 that included 8-fours and 5-sixes. In reply, the defending champs were 106 for 4 after 13 overs when the rain put paid to any further play, as the Kings won by 15 runs via the DLS method. Shimron Hetmyer was on 36. The Kings advance to Sunday’s final, while the Warriors will now play against Barbados Royals in tomorrow’s 2nd qualifier. The game starts at 7:00 p.m., live on MCTV’s SportsMax channel 310, and tape-delayed on CBC TV8 from 8:03 p.m.

Organisers of the Prime Minister’s Cup have cleared the air as to the use of a video review system for the quarter-final stage of the tournament. The FIFA Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology was not sanctioned and so a local review system will be utilised in its place. The Barbados Football Association says it has been contacted by FIFA to reaffirm that every member association must follow the implementation assistance and approval programme in order to implement the use of VAR. The BFA has confirmed that it has not undertaken the official process to receive FIFA certification for the use of VAR in Barbados, and therefore at this point, the technology is not authorised to be employed at any competition on the island.

Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology Marsha Caddle is tonight providing an update regarding the data breach at the Barbados Revenue Authority’s online portal. Ms. Caddle issued a statement on the matter.