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Black Canadians join Olympians on victory podium
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

By RON FANFAIR

The quartet of African-Canadians at the just concluded Vancouver Winter Olympics made major contributions to Canada's best ever Games performance, winning four of the 26 medals.

Bobsledder Shelley-Ann Brown and short track speed skater Kalyna Roberge were the first Black Canadian women to capture Winter Olympics medals.

Born in Scarborough to Jamaican parents, Brown - the brakeman - and her pilot Helen Upperton clinched the silver medal in the two-man event.

"It makes me feel so good, especially to do this in Black History Month," said the former track athlete who graduated from the University of Nebraska with an English degree and a Masters in Educational Psychology.

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Matthew Groves plans on playing soccer in Europe
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

By RON FANFAIR

The beginning and the end were fulfilling for 21-year-old Matthew Groves. His Duquesne University team made the playoffs in his freshman season before bowing out to then nationally-ranked number one seed St. Louis in the Atlantic 10 championship in 2006.

In his final college game last December, the Pickering resident netted two of the goals in his team's 3-1 victory over St. Bonaventure.

The team, however, struggled in his sophomore and junior seasons winning just five games each year. It also failed to reach the play-offs last season registering nine victories.

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Canadian hurdler eyeing 2012 Olympics
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

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By RON FANFAIR

Any discussion about women's sprint hurdling in Canada has to revolve around 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Priscilla Lopes-Schliep and two-time world champion Perdita Felicien.

They have dominated the sport locally in the past decade with Felicien winning eight of the last nine national titles while Schliep was crowned the Canadian champion in 2008 when Felicien was recovering from injury.

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Canada ends UAE tour with dismal showing
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

By RON FANFAIR

Canada's tour of the United Arab Emirates ended awfully last Tuesday with the national side sinking to a six-wicket loss to Afghanistan in their four-day Intercontinental Cup fixture in Sharjah.

After dominating the first three days and seemingly well on course to finish the tour on a high note after missing out on qualifying for the upcoming International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty/20 World Cup in the West Indies, Canada stumbled badly allowing Afghanistan to register 454 runs for the loss of four wickets on the final day.

It was the ninth highest fourth innings run chase in first-class cricket and the highest by an ICC Associate team.

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Togo’s soccer ban goes to arbitration
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

By RON FANFAIR

The Court of Arbitration for Sport will adjudicate Togo's soccer ban from the African Nations Cup. Togo has been excluded from the next two tournaments.

The ban was imposed after the West African country pulled out of the recent tournament in Angola in the wake of a fatal gun attack that left two members of the Togo party dead.

The Confederation of African Soccer says the Togolese Prime Minister's insistence that the team return home amounted to "governmental interference".  The court has asked the federation for a written report to express its position on Togo's request to put any sanctions on hold while the case is heard. This would allow the country to be included in Saturday's draw for the 2012 Nations Cup qualifying campaign.

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Canada under-performs in ICC Twenty/20 Cup qualifier

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

By RON FANFAIR

The margin for error in cricket's shortest version - Twenty/20 - is extremely minimal.

Canada now knows that after their extremely disappointing showing in the just concluded International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty/20 World Cup qualifier in the United Arab Emirates.

Not only did the national senior team go winless - the Scots did too - in the eight-team qualifier for this year's World Cup in the West Indies, but the margin of defeat in two of the three contests was embarrassing.

Canada succumbed to Kenya by nine wickets with 38 balls remaining and to the United Arab Emirates by 42 runs in 69 minutes with 25 balls left.

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Canada lose nail-biter to Afghanistan
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

By RON FANFAIR

Canada's captain Ashish Bagai was run out off the last ball attempting a match-leveling third run in the first of two One-Day Internationals against Afghanistan in Sharjah on Tuesday.

With three runs needed off the last ball, medium pacer Khurram Chohan's shot into the outfield for an attempted three runs to tie the score was thwarted when Bagai failed to beat the throw in the exciting contest.

Canada seemed to be on track to overcome Afghanistan's challenging total of 289 after Bagai and former skipper Sunil Dhaniram put on 109 in 21 overs for the fifth wicket. The national side needed 38 from the final six overs with a power play in hand.

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Samad returns home as Canada loses in Dubai
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

By RON FANFAIR

Hard-hitting batsman Rizwan Cheema was struck in the face by a rising ball in the day's second over and his opening partner John Davison was dismissed without scoring five balls into the contest as Canada sank to a six-wicket loss to The Netherlands on the opening day of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty/20 World Cup qualifier in Dubai.

Ian Billcliff and Geoff Barnett hit 37 and 36 respectively to boost Canada's total to 142-7 in 20 overs, a total that proved insufficient for the Dutch who reached the target with five balls to spare.

Canada met Kenya yesterday before taking on the United Arab Emirates later today.

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Canada in same soccer group with Jamaica
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

By RON FANFAIR

Canada and Jamaica are in the same group for next month's Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Associations of Soccer (CONCACAF) Women's Under-17 World Cup qualifying tournament in Costa Rica.

The two teams will meet on March 11, a day after the opening ceremony and matches. The other teams in the group are Mexico and Panama.

The other group comprises host country Costa Rica, the United States, the Cayman Islands and Haiti which is competing in a regional women's series for the first time in eight years.

The Haitians are already in the Dominican Republic preparing for the tournament.

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Henry Osinde sent home for indiscipline
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

By RON FANFAIR

National medium pacer Henry Osinde will face an independent disciplinary committee after being removed from the Canadian team that's now competing in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty/20 World Cup qualifier in the United Arab Emirates.

Osinde was sent home from Sri Lanka, where the national side spent the last month before going to Dubai, for allegedly breaching the code of conduct.

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