{"id":430312,"date":"2026-02-17T11:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/430312\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:33:14","slug":"cpl-to-return-to-jamaica-in-2026-with-new-franchise-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/430312\/","title":{"rendered":"CPL to return to Jamaica in 2026 with new franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olivia Grange, Jamaica&#8217;s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, said the tournament&#8217;s return would have an impact beyond cricket. &#8220;The Government of Jamaica is pleased to welcome the Caribbean Premier League back to our shores. This event goes beyond cricket &#8211; it supports economic growth, promotes our culture on a global stage, and inspires our young people through sport. We look forward to hosting players, fans, and partners in 2026 and delivering an unforgettable CPL experience rooted in Jamaican excellence,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olivia Grange, Jamaica&#8217;s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, said the tournament&#8217;s return would have an impact&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55,1620],"class_list":{"0":"post-430312","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom","13":"tag-west-indies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}