January 2010
Canada loses to Sri Lanka “A”
By RON FANFAIR
Canada dropped a two-match 50-overs series to Sri Lanka "A" in preparation for a four-nation Twenty/20 tournament next week and the upcoming International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup qualifier in the United Arab Emirates.
Middle-order batsman Trevin Bastiampillai scored 33 off 78 balls and Umar Bhatti hit 34 as Canada crawled to 175-9 in its 50 overs. Sri Lanka "A", which included several Test players including Tharanga Paranavitana and Farveez Maharoof, reached the target in the 33rd over for the loss of just four wickets.
Canada’s Under-20 women in sight of World Cup
By RON FANFAIR
Canada will tackle Mexico in the semi-final of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Associations of Football (CONCACAF) Under-20 women's tournament in Guatemala today.
The national side finished at the top of its group with a 3-1 win over the host country, a 2-0 victory over Cuba and a 1-0 win over Costa Rica.
The United States, which also won all its group matches, will oppose Costa Rica in the other semi-final. The Americans beat Mexico 2-1 and shut out Caribbean teams Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica 4-0 and 6-0 respectively.
T & T squeezed past Jamaica 1-0 last Sunday for its only victory while the Reggae Girls were winless.
Lionel Eli wants to see more youth take up tennis
By RON FANFAIR
In the 18 years Lionel Eli has been the tennis director at Tam Heather Curling & Tennis club, 23 young people - 15 of them of Caribbean heritage - have secured scholarships to attend American universities.
With last October's completion of a new state-of-the-art, four-court year-round covered tennis structure, Eli hopes that the club will attract more players from the diverse Scarborough neighbourhood.
TTC needs a better way to serve public
By PAT WATSON
What is 6.5 kilometres long, and at a cost of $105 million - or approximately $16.2 million per kilometre ($25.9 million per mile) - and five years on, is still not ready for complete use?
Two years past its due date and at more than twice its original budget here's what you get on a public transit ride along St. Clair Ave. West:
First you board a street car which will take you only as far as Lansdowne, but you will be kindly advised by the driver that if you wish to go further west you had best get off at the first stop west of Dufferin St. and wait for the bus going west.
Free Haitian labour contributed to Europe’s wealth
By MURPHY BROWNE
Old pirates, yes, they rob I; sold I to the merchant ships.
Minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong by the hand of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation. Triumphantly!
Won't you help to sing another song of freedom
'Cause all I ever have: Redemption songs; Redemption songs.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy, 'cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets, while we stand aside and look?
