Haiti midfi elder Wilde-Donald Guerrier (10) falls in front of Canada defender Mark-Anthony Kaye (14) as
they chase the ball during the second half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfi nal soccer match Saturday,
June 29, 2019, in Houston. Associated Press /Michael Wyke, fi le
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By Nelson A. King
Group B of the 2020 CONCACAF
Men’s Olympic Qualifying championship
resumed on Monday with Haiti
and Canada battling to a 0-0 draw at
the Estadio Akron in Zapopan, Mexico,
according to CONCACAF.
CONCACAF said each team’s goal
keeper “put on a show,” with Haiti’s
Alan Jerome and Canada’s James
Pantemis producing “a slew of topnotch
saves throughout.”
Canada now has four points, while
Haiti picked up their first point of the
tournament.
“After notching a brace in the
opening win over El Salvador, Canada’s
Tajon Buchanan nearly struck
for his third goal of the tournament
in the 13th minute against the
Haitians,” CONCACAF said. “However,
Jerome had other ideas and was
there to block the shot from just a
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West Indian former cricketer Michael
Holding. Associated Press / Lefteris Pitarakis
‘Best Pundit’
By Azad Ali
Legendary West Indies fast bowler,
Michael Holding has won the Sports
Journalist’ Association (SJA) for Best
Pundit in 2020 at the recent SIA Awards,
while Sky Sports won the Sports Network
of the Year category.
The Sports Pundit award, which is
decided by an SJA Members’ vote, was
given to Holding for his powerful testimony
about racial injustice in the
aftermath of the death of George Floyd,
on Sky Cricket’s coverage of England
against West Indies in July 2020.
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Cricket legends
thank India’s PM
By Azad Ali
Former West Indies cricketers Sir
Vivian Richards, Sir Richie Richardson,
Jimmy Adams and Ramnaresh Sarwan
thanked India Prime Minister Narendra
Modi for helping the Caribbean
countries by donating them COVID-19
vaccines under the Vaccine Maitri initiative.
In March, Antigua and Barbuda
received 75,000 doses of the COVID-
19 vaccines out of which 40,000 were
donated to the country under the “Vaccine
Maitri” initiative.
Sir Viv said in a video posted on Twitter
by the High Commission of India
in Guyana said: “I would like to thank
India for the wonderful contribution
made to our country which is the vaccine.
We thank you so much on behalf
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