Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon Canada lost five of their six matches of the ICC World Cup T20 Qualifier with the sixth and final one against Afghanistan last Saturday, abandoned due to heavy rain and without a ball being bowled, thus earning their only point of the tournament. Canada finished at the bottom of the table in […]
By Gerald V. Paul Canadian-born Jennifer Abel, who is of Haitian descent, posted her highest-ever score in 3m springboard to win gold at the Pan Am Aquatic Centre. Abel, 24, posted beforehand on Twitter: “We might know the challenge of being natural but we wouldn’t change our curly hair. And in another prophetic post: “I […]
By Aldwyn McGill The big story of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup is the impressive showing of the Caribbean teams. After covering the previous four tournaments, the 2015 Gold Cup is the best finish for the Caribbean Football Union representatives and possibly the best on record. Three of the four Caribbean teams have already secured […]
Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon Canada lost their opening match in the ICC World Twenty / 20 Qualifier against Kenya last Friday at Myreside, Edinburgh. Canada sent in to bat scored 143 for five wickets in their 20 overs with opener R. Gunasekera topscoring with 51 and skipper R. Cheema made 35. Kenya in reply made 146 for three […]
By Aldwyn McGill VANCOUVER – Team USA won the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup 5-2 over defending champion Japan before a sold-out BC Place Stadium. It was a fitting end to a tournament which displayed Canadian hospitality at its best and American pride to the fullest. As previously mentioned, the teams playing in the eastern […]
Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon Canada lost their first warm-up match for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier by eight wickets against the Western Districts Cricket Union last Monday at Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh. Canada elected to bat scored 146 all out in their 20 overs with Nitish Kumar topscoring with 68, allrounder Hiral Patel […]
Rashi Samuel takes a turn at bat on the weekend at the T20 Cricket Seniors, Youth, Women & Men Teams for All Ages event at Astonbee Reservior Park, while a young fan concentrates on a momentary diversion. Photos by Gerard Richardson.
Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon At the end of the 15th match last Monday of the Hero Caribbean Premier League, defending champions Barbados Tridents continued to lead, despite losing three matches. Barbados Tridents playing in their seventh match on Monday at Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts, lost to newcomer the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots by […]
The 2015 Pan Am Games will host a free, live broadcast of the opening ceremony on multiple jumbo video screens at Nathan Phillips Square tomorrow (July 10). The evening will kick off at 5 p.m. with live entertainment in the square, and at 8 p.m., the opening ceremony live feed from host broadcaster CBC will […]
By Aldwyn McGill MONTREAL – By the time you read this the results of the semi-finals match between Germany and USA here will be known and so will the results of the second semi-final match between England and defending champion Japan in Vancouver. The quarter final battles in the east displayed Germany weathering the storm […]
