EWS.Canada’s Janine Beckie, top, and Jamaica’s Dominique Bond-fl asza (16) watch the ball during a CONCACAF
women’s Olympic qualifying soccer match Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, in Edinburg, Texas.
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By George Alleyne
The Caribbean teams, which
contested the just-concluded CONCACAF
Women’s Olympic Qualifying
(WOQ) for places in the Tokyo
2020 Olympics not only left the
tournment empty-handed, but the
only time the teams scored goals
was when there was no chance of
going ahead.
Led by Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz
which catapulted into this Confederation
of North, Central American
and Caribbean Association
Football tournament following a
sterling performance by playing
undefeated in a pre-qualification
competition in 2018 among 16
Caribbean teams, the other two
regional teams which made it into
the playoff were Haiti and St. Kitts
and Nevis.
The qualifying tournament,
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West Indies’ Evin Lewis celebrates
after he scored a century against
India during a T20I at Sabina Park
cricket ground in Kingston, Jamaica,
Batsmen axed
By Azad Ali
Hard-hitting West Indies opener Evin
Lewis and middle order batsman Shimron
Hetmyer have been axed from the
One –Day International (ODI) squad for
the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka after
failing Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) new
fitness standards.
In a media release, CWI said the
two players did not “attain the new
minimum standard fitness required in
recent fitness assessments” and would
not be part of the 15-man squad led by
all-rounder Kieron Pollard.
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Pollard to play
county cricket
By Azad Ali
West Indies One-Day International
and Twenty20 Captain, Kieron Pollard
has signed up to play several games for
English County Northamptonshire in
this year’s Vitality Blast.
The 32-year-old all-rounder is set to
play eight matches starting from June
5 in the tournament, which runs from
May 28 to September 5.
In addition to boosting Northamptonshire’s
title chances, Pollard said he
would be using the campaign to further
his preparation for the T20 World Cup
in Australia stating in October.
Pollard is one of the most soughtafter
T20 players, having played extensively
in the Indian Premier League
(IPL) for Mumbai Indians, and also
turned out in the Australian Big Bash
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