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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Guadeloupe drew 2-2 with Antigua and Barbuda to secure the last semifinals spot in the Caribbean Championship on Monday, while defending champion Haiti missed out despite beating Cuba 1-0.
Michel Jean Boucicaut scored Cuba’s lone goal for the victory at Jarrett Park, but the margin was not enough.
Cuba topped Group B with six points, two points ahead of Haiti and Guadeloupe, but the latter advanced with a superior goal-difference.
Mickael Antoine-Curier scored after just one minute and Gregory Gendrey found the net in the 63rd to give Guadeloupe the result it needed in the second match of the day.
Peter Byers scored both of Antigua and Barbuda’s goals in the 35th and 83rd minutes.
At the end of the preliminary round, Guadeloupe joined early qualifiers Cuba, Jamaica and Grenada in the semifinals starting Thursday. All four teams have also booked their spots in next year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament to be held in the United States.
Source: AP - SportsIllustrated
Armstrong, a seven-time Tour de France winner, is working the publicity machine by announcing his return to cycling’s premier event now. Armstrong’s titles remain clouded by questions.
By Philip Hersh
Lance Armstrong, photographed in the Canary Islands where Astana is training, will ride in the 2009 Tour de France.
You knew all along Lance Armstrong’s public dithering about whether his comeback would include the Tour de France was just a ploy to generate more buzz, right?
So you weren’t surprised at all Monday when the Astana cycling team website’s “latest news” rubric said: “NEWS FLASH: Lance Armstrong announces participation in 2009 Tour de France.”
What point would there have been in Armstrong’s returning to competitive road racing after 3 1/2 years if he had skipped the race that brought him both fame and notoriety?
(The latter is not good, even if the two words have mistakenly become interchangeable to most people. In Armstrong’s case, it refers to doping suspicions that have dogged him since his first of seven consecutive Tour victories in 1999, when he tested positive for a banned corticosteroid but was cleared by a therapeutic use exemption many feel was conveniently backdated.)
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Haiti vs Suriname - November 19, 2008
Haiti 1 – 1 Suriname
Match Information
Attendance: 15,000
Match Time: 19:30 UK
Official(s): Marco Rodríguez (Referee)
PARAMIBO, Suriname – Wensley Christoph scored his fourth goal this year and rallied Suriname to a 1:1 draw with Haiti on Wednesday, the final World Cup qualifier for both teams.
Both teams already had been eliminated from the semifinal round of CONCACAF qualifying . Haiti, as defending champion, next will concentrate on the Digicel Caribbean Championship finals, which will be played in Jamaica December 3-14.
Lionel Saint-Preux gave Haiti the lead in the 30th minute, but Christoph, who also scored against Montserrat in the first round of qualifying and both of Suriname’s goals in a 2:2 draw at Haiti in August, equalized in the 41st.
While Haiti qualified for the 1974 finals, this is the closest Suriname has come to reaching the World Cup since advancing to the final round of qualifying for the 1978 championship.
Scoring Summary
Haiti
Leonel Saint-Preux (30)
Suriname
Wensley Christoph (44)
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad & Tobago is in the midst of preparations for the final Group matches of Stage Two of the Digicel Caribbean Championships, which kicks off in Trinidad’s Marvin Lee Stadium on November 5.
The Group H contest sees hosts and DCC 2007 Runners Up, Trinidad and Tobago, battle for one of the two remaining spots for the DCC Finals next month in Jamaica – along with Antigua & Barbuda, St Kitts & Nevis and Guyana – over three days of action in the twin-island Republic.
Trinidad & Tobago Head Coach, Francisco Maturana, announced his 21-man squad for the upcoming DCC Group H matches against Guyana, St Kitts & Nevis and Antigua & Barbuda.
Recalled to the team is Joe Public defender, Seon Power, who missed the recent match in the World Cup qualification campaign due to injury. Maturana has invited first time call ups Carlon Murray of Clico San Juan Jabloteh, United Petrotrin’s Lyndon Diaz, Defence Force’s Devon Jorsling and Jabloteh striker Lester Peltier. W Connection midfielder Aurtis Whitley, now recovered from injury, is also in the squad along with current World Cup team members Makan Hislop, Cyd Gray, Marvin Phillip, Aklie Edwards, Khaleem Hyland, Clyde Leon, Anthony Wolfe, Keon Daniel, Andre Toussaint and Chris Birchall.
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Release Date: 10/25/2008
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LONDON (AP) – The NBA is eliminating about 80 jobs in the United States, the first major American sports league to announce layoffs because of the worldwide economic turmoil.
Commissioner David Stern told The Associated Press last month the league would cut staff in anticipation of the downturn. He said on Sunday the figure would be about 9 percent of the American work force, and the league confirmed the number of jobs the next day.
“We made the decision some months ago that the economy was going to be a bit wobbly so we began a belt-tightening,” Stern said in London, where the New Jersey Nets beat the Miami Heat in a preseason game.
The NBA continues to hire in other countries, he said, as it seeks to grow internationally.
Stern emphasized that the league is still hitting its business targets.
“My guess is that by the time we tip off in a week or so, we will be down modestly in season tickets. … We think we’ll be up in revenue, but I just can’t say for sure whether we’ll be up or down in attendance because it’s just so touch-and-go, because sports tickets are very much disposable income,” he said. “So, we’re not going to see a huge impact, but I dare say we will see some impact.”
Source: FoxSports.Com
London: England will play their series in the West Indies after Christmas under the umpire review system after the ICC extended the trial to five Test series yesterday.
The system, which was backed by Duncan Fletcher when he was England coach, allows each team to ask for reviews of decisions, although they may make no more than three unsuccessful requests per innings.
According to The Telegraph, England coach Peter Moores was against the system and refused to be part of the trial for the series against South Africa this summer.
But England players will have to add making the “T” sign to their practice this winter. The batsman in receipt of the umpire’s original decision or the captain of the fielding side must make a “T” with both forearms at shoulder height.
The umpire will then refer his decision to the third umpire, who can use slow-motion replays, but is not allowed to use Hawk-Eye, Hot Spot or snick-detecting technology.
US cycling champ Lance Armstrong has said that his comeback to racing may not include the Tour de France, afterall. Armstrong confirmed that he will be racing in the Giro d’Italia for the first time, after relaunching his career in Australia.
In an interview on an Italian web site, Armstrong said: “There is the possibility that the Giro is the only three-week stage race that I will run. Still today, there are doubts over the Tour de France.”
During his career, the Tour de France was something he focused on exclusively. He won it a record seven times. Tour organisers have not replied to Armstrong’s enquiries about whether or not he could race.
Source: ShortNews.Com
Haiti vs Costa Rica - October 15, 2008
Haiti 0 – 2 Costa Rica
Match Information
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, Costa Rica
Attendance: 4,000
Match Time: 03:00 UK
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Junior Diaz and Victor Nunez both scored for Costa Rica and the Ticos won their fifth straight in the second round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, 2:0 over Haiti on Wednesday.
Diaz scored to give Cost Rica, which has won six straight overall in qualifying, the only goal it needed in the 16th minute and Nunez added another in two minutes into second-half injury time.
The victory improved the Ticos, which clinched its place in the final round of CONCACAF qualifying with its 4:1 win over Haiti on Saturday, to 15 points atop Group C, five better than second-placed El Salvador.
Haiti was formally eliminated with the loss. Costa Rica has outscored its opponents 17:2 in its five games, and still has a final qualifier on 19 November at El Salvador. Haiti closes out its qualifying schedule at Suriname.
Haiti Roster
No. NAME POS
1 Dominique Jean-zepherin (G)
15 Ednerson Raymond (D)
6 Frantz Bertin (D)
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