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- Antigua wins 2026 Caribbean Dinghy Championship Nations Cup, Sint Maarten second
Antigua won the Nations Cup at the 2026 Caribbean Dinghy Championship at the Sint Maarten Yacht Club, ahead of host Sint Maarten, which won the Optimist and RS Quest classes.
- Adaya Bourne qualifies for World Aquatics Short Course Championships in Beijing
Adaya Bourne of the Carib Swim Team and a 17-year-old teammate have qualified for the World Aquatics Short Course Championships in Beijing, December 1–6, 2026, The Daily Herald reported.
- SXM Chess Club heads to the Puerto Rico team championship on 6 November
The SXM Chess Club will send four players to the Puerto Rico 2026 team championship on Friday, 6 November, its first international outing in decades, and is looking for sponsors.
- Saint-Martin's golfers finish fifth on their ECGA debut in Anguilla
Saint-Martin's team finished fifth overall at its first Eastern Caribbean Golf Association championship in Anguilla, and its women's team came second.
- SMYC keelboat season 2026–27: race calendar, classes and scoring
The Sint Maarten Yacht Club's 2026–27 Keelboat Series Season Championship has five events from December 4–6, 2026, to May 14–16, 2027, as of the Aug 2026 notice of race.
- 21st Budget Marine Optimist Championship sails in Simpson Bay, Nov 26–29
The Sint Maarten Yacht Club hosts the 21st Sint Maarten Budget Marine Optimist Championship, a youth dinghy regatta, in Simpson Bay from Thursday, November 26, to Sunday, November 29.
- Around the Island Relay starts at Belair at 7 a.m. on St. Maarten's Day, Nov 11
The St. Maarten Road Runners Association's annual Around the Island Relay starts at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, November 11, from the Belair Community & Fitness Center. Teams of 11 run 33.4 km around both sides of the island.
- Sint Maarten Yacht Club keelboat destination race to Oyster Bay, Oct 31 to Nov 1
The Sint Maarten Yacht Club lists a keelboat destination race to Oyster Bay from midday Saturday, October 31, to midday Sunday, November 1. Registration is open; course details are still to follow.
- KKO Beach Club's Raquettes Roses women's charity tournament on Orient Bay beach, Saturday, Oct 31
KKO Beach Club's women's charity racket tournament, the Tournoi des Raquettes Roses, returns on Saturday, October 31, on Orient Bay beach for Octobre Rose. Entry is EUR 10, and a raffle supports Fleur du Phoenix.
- "Let's Go Girls" Ronde Féminine women's cycling race on the French side, Oct 23–25
The "Let's Go Girls" Ronde Féminine, a three-stage women's road cycling race, runs on the French side from October 23 to 25 as part of Octobre Rose. Stage times and routes have not been published.
- Sint Maarten Yacht Club hosts 30th Caribbean Dinghy Championship in Simpson Bay, Oct 23–25
The Sint Maarten Yacht Club hosts the 30th CSA Caribbean Dinghy Championship, billed as the IGY Marinas Caribbean Dinghy Championships, in Simpson Bay, with racing from Friday, October 23, to Sunday, October 25.
- Soons Dinghy Regatta opens the Sint Maarten Yacht Club dinghy season on Saturday, Oct 10
The Soons Dinghy Regatta, the first event of the Grant Thornton Dinghy Season Championship 2026–27, is on Saturday, October 10, at the Sint Maarten Yacht Club in Simpson Bay.
- Sint Maarten and Saint Martin both play Nations League matches today; U15 basketball continues at L.B. Scott
Sint Maarten face St. Vincent and the Grenadines again today in Belize after losing 4-2 to them on Saturday, and French-side Saint Martin play the Bahamas an hour earlier. At home, the U15 Paradise Showdown youth basketball tournament runs through Wednesday.
- Gautier Mathieu de Fossey won the 4th St. Maarten Marathon in December 2025
Gautier Mathieu de Fossey won the fourth ENNIA Marathon, organised by SXM Roadrunners, on 7 December 2025 in 3:01:37, according to The Daily Herald, ahead of Gregory Pigeon and Fabien Husson.
- Calvin Mardembrough Jr took Masters 35+ silver at the Caribbean Grand Prix in 2025
Calvin Mardembrough Jr. closed his 2025 season with silver in the Masters 35+ Men's Physique division at the Caribbean Grand Prix in Nassau, StMaartenNews reported.
- Calvin Mardembrough Jr won Men's Physique 35+ gold at Olympia Latino America in 2025
Sint Maarten bodybuilder Calvin B. Mardembrough Jr. won gold in the Men's Physique 35+ category at Joe Weider's Olympia Latino America in Santo Domingo on 20 September 2025, 721news reported.
- Thibaut Clément won the first Tour cycliste de Saint-Martin in September 2025; Jahkim Carty was fifth
The first multi-stage Tour cycliste de Saint-Martin finished at Galisbay on 14 September 2025. Thibaut Clément won overall, and local rider Jahkim Carty finished fifth and topped the combativity classification.
- Phoenicks basketball club swept all four CTBIN youth finals in 2025
Saint-Martin's Phoenicks basketball club won all four youth finals of the 2025 CTBIN championship, in the U11, U13, U15 and U18 categories, Faxinfo reported.
- Antigua and Barbuda beat Nevis by 72 runs to win the 2025 Leeward Islands Masters T20 in St. Maarten
Antigua and Barbuda won the 2025 Leeward Islands Masters T20 cricket tournament in St. Maarten, beating Nevis by 72 runs in the final on 8 June 2025. Kerry Mentore hit 137 not out and was named MVP, the Antigua Observer reported.
- 21 boats raced the three-island Course de l'Alliance in December 2024
The 21st Course de l'Alliance took 21 boats from Simpson Bay to St. Barth, Anguilla and back on 6 to 8 December 2024. Maelia, FKG, Seaduction and Ty Male won their classes, according to the Sint Maarten Yacht Club.
- SMYC hosted the 19th St. Maarten Budget Marine Optimist Championship in late 2024
The Sint Maarten Yacht Club hosted the 19th St. Maarten Optimist Championship from 28 November to 1 December 2024, with about 45 young sailors from eight Caribbean islands and a new extra day of racing.
- Sint Maarten won three games in its 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League B campaign
Sint Maarten finished third in Group C of Concacaf Nations League B in 2024/25 with three wins and three losses, including a 3-2 win over Puerto Rico on 11 October 2024 and a stoppage-time 1-0 win over Aruba on 18 November 2024.
- Antigua won the Nations Cup at the 2024 Caribbean Dinghy Championship in Simpson Bay
Antigua won the Nations Cup for the fifth consecutive time at the 2024 Caribbean Dinghy Championship in Simpson Bay, with Sint Maarten second and St. Martin third, according to the Sint Maarten Yacht Club.
- Olivier Noglotte won the Olympic distance at the 2024 Saint-Martin Triathlon
Olivier Noglotte, 51, won the Olympic distance at the 2024 Saint-Martin Triathlon in Grand Case in 2:12:36, and Boris Villemin won the sprint, The Daily Herald reported.
- Adrien Urcel won the second Grand Prix cycliste de Saint-Martin in 2024; Jahkim Carty fourth
Guadeloupe's Adrien Urcel won the second Grand Prix cycliste de Saint-Martin, held from 12 to 15 September 2024, ahead of his brother Damien and Kendric Clavier. Saint-Martin's Jahkim Carty finished fourth.
- Pelicans Awards 2024: Saint-Martin football league honoured the best of the 2023-24 season
The Ligue de Football de Saint-Martin held its Pelicans Awards gala at the Hôtel Hommage on 20 July 2024. Yannick Bellechasse of Junior Stars was named best senior player and top scorer, Faxinfo reported.
- Saint-Martin's Amandha Sylvès played volleyball for France at the Paris 2024 Olympics
Amandha Sylvès, who grew up in Saint-Martin, played as a middle blocker for France's women's volleyball team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Le 97150 described her as the only athlete from Saint-Martin at the Games.
- Motorworld Spartanz won the 2024 Motorworld T-20 Challenge Cup
The Motorworld Spartanz Cricket Club, the sponsor's own team, won the 2024 Motorworld T-20 Challenge Cup after weekly games at the Carib Lumber Ballpark from February to June, according to Motorworld.
- Jeux des Îles 2024: Saint-Martin won four athletics medals in its first year as a full member
At the 26th Jeux des Îles in Corsica in late May 2024, Saint-Martin won four medals, all in athletics, finished fourth overall and took the fair-play award, in its first appearance as a full member.
- Jeannot Gouin won the 2024 BDO Half Marathon at Port de Plaisance
Jeannot Gouin won the half marathon at the 2024 BDO Half Marathon event, hosted by Country Club Port de Plaisance, in 1:32:07, The Daily Herald reported.
- Saint-Martin names Albéric Richards track after Olympian Florencia Hunt (2024)
On 26 April 2024 the Collectivité’s Executive Council approved naming the athletics track at the Albéric Richards stadium after Florencia Hunt, who ran the 800 metres at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
- Sint Maarten beat St. Kitts and Nevis 1–0 in Nations League B in 2023
Ilounga Pata's 32nd-minute goal in Basseterre gave Sint Maarten its first three points since promotion to Concacaf Nations League B.
- Olaf Kasten won the 2023 Grand-Case Triathlon
Martinique's Olaf Kasten won the second Grand-Case Triathlon on Sunday 17 September 2023 in 2:12:22, as entries nearly doubled to 110, Le Pélican reported.
- Saint-Martin swimmer Tatiana Illis missed the 2023 World Championships over travel costs
Saint-Martin swimmer Tatiana Illis, 21, qualified for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka but could not go because she could not raise about US$8,000 for flights, Caribbean Network reported.
- Attackers FC beat AS Phoenicks 4-3 after extra time to win the 2023 SXM Elite Championship
Attackers FC won the SXM Elite Championship, a competition bringing together top clubs from both sides of the island, beating AS Phoenicks 4-3 after extra time in the final at the Thelbert Carti stadium in Quartier d'Orléans, Faxinfo reported in July 2023.
- Saint-Martin won a relay bronze at its first Jeux des Îles in 2023
Saint-Martin sent 47 athletes in five disciplines to its first Jeux des Îles, held in Corsica from 23 to 27 May 2023, and came home with a bronze medal in an athletics relay and a basketball win over Corsica, Faxinfo reported.
- SXM Swimrun 2023: 29 duos raced from Galisbay to Orient Bay in the third edition
Twenty-nine duos took part in the third SXM Swimrun on Sunday 30 April 2023, from Galisbay to Coco Beach in Orient Bay, won by SBH Tri's Stéphane Lenoir and Fabien Husson in 1:45:42, Faxinfo reported.
- Sint Maarten won its Nations League C group and promotion to League B in March 2023
In March 2023 Sint Maarten beat Bonaire 6-1 and the US Virgin Islands 2-1 to top Concacaf Nations League C Group A, earning promotion to League B and a Gold Cup preliminary place.
- Martinique's La Morrigane won the 43rd Heineken Regatta overall in 2023
La Morrigane, sailed by team GFA Caraïbes from Martinique, won the 43rd St. Maarten Heineken Regatta overall in March 2023.
- Heineken Regatta returned for its 42nd edition in March 2022 after two cancelled years
The St. Maarten Heineken Regatta returned for its 42nd edition in early March 2022, after two years without the event, with Sailing Poland and Five Oceans among the class winners.
- Julien Quentel set a new round-the-island record at the 2021 Caribbean Foiling Championships
Julien Quentel kitefoiled around the island in 1 hour 12 minutes on 12 December 2021, beating the previous record of 1 hour 29 minutes, at the second Caribbean Foiling Championships, Faxinfo reported.
- Orient Bay hosted a BT 1000 beach tennis tournament in 2021
About 100 players from Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Barths and France took part in a two-day BT 1000 beach tennis tournament at Orient Bay, Faxinfo reported in November 2021.
- Foulées de la Rentrée marked its 20th edition in 2021
Nearly 100 runners took part in the 20th Foulées de la Rentrée, organised by Avenir Sportif Club de Saint-Martin, which added a 2 km race to its 5 km and 10 km courses, Faxinfo reported.
- La Saint-Martinoise women's race held its 9th edition in Marigot in 2021
The 9th La Saint-Martinoise, a 5 km women-only run and walk organised by Avenir Sportif Club de Saint-Martin, was held on the Marigot waterfront on 13 March 2021, capped at 200 entrants, Faxinfo reported.