A signficant numnber of the leading contenders for this tournamnet are fiedling sub-strength teams. This means one of the outsiders could go deep into the tournament. I think a possible 'Black Swan' are Guadeloupe. As they are not a FIFA memeber, their ability is more difficult to judge. Most of the Guadeloupe players play in the French League so consequently play to a reasonable standard. Their first...
All Time Stats : W-L-D records, top goalscorers, most tournaments scored in. Two records could fall this year. The USA is 3 games away from matching Mexico's 16 game Gold Cup unbeaten streak, and Landon Donovan is a goal away from tying Zaguinho as the top scorer in tournament history. Top Ten Moments (ussoccerplayers.com) - Nice article. And why not relive the best Gold Cup ever (2007) by watching...
Watch CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 live. CONCACAF Gold Cup is a part of CONCACAF's circumstance for men’s football teams as it crowns the regional champion. Watch army football team as they defend the crown from other teams from North and Central USA and Caribbean countries. In last eld competition army won 2-1 over Mexico and this makes them qualify to the 2009 Confederations Cup, where they settled...
Elie Domota, leader of the Collective Against Exploitation (LKP), signs an agreement to end the 44-day general strike in Guadeloupe. Unrest has now spread to the French colony of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos For Immediate Release Media Advisory Detroit Meeting on Workers' Struggles in Haiti and Guadeloupe, July 14 In Haiti, the unions are...
Over on Post-Right , my views on the American Bishops and illegal immigration have attracted the comments of the tellingly named Thomas O. Meehan: The church’s position with regard to illegal aliens is shameful. The Catholic Bishops idiocy on many issues over the years has been manifest. They are notorious for farming out their reasoning powers to “experts” in the manner of the Warren...
The news of the death of the King of Pop was like an earthquake felt around the world. The shock wave reached the French Caribbean, where bloggers from Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, all pay homage to the late artist.
After his visit in Martinique (photo), French president Nicolas Sarkozy will travel to Guadeloupe this Friday. The small French Caribbean island was paralysed for six weeks last winter during a general strike over the spiralling cost of living.
The Dallas Mavericks have a new weapon in their fight against Western Conference point guards: Rodrigue Beaubois, a long, lean athlete first discovered by an NBA player on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, then seasoned with three years of pro experience in France.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is visiting the French Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, four months after violent protests over rising costs of living. Sarkozy will participate in ongoing negotiations to calm the social strife.
Repeating Islands notes that French President Nicolas Sarkozy is scheduled to make a trip to Martinique and Guadeloupe later this week “to address overseas ‘issues' after the general strikes” that took place in the French Overseas Territories earlier this year.
Photo by ISIphotos.com If you were thinking you might see the U.S. men's national team's B Squad defeat a Mexico A team for the Gold Cup title next month, it won't be happening. Mexico is also sending a B team, with youngsters Carlos Vela and Giovani Dos Santos the only European-based players called into the squad for the July tournament. Playing in a group that includes Nicaragua, Panama and Guadeloupe,...
Voodoo rock, anyone? I mentioned discovering this band at the first BRC Native Sundays event earlier this month. Here's a taste of their music, rock by way of the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe's gwo ka. Enjoy! Le Grand Baton--"Toutlè Dépi...
2009 will definitely be a "new" year in Guadeloupe - at least judging from a pun that people used as their New Year's wish, since in Creole "new" is pronounced "nef" and "nine" is also pronounced "nef". The first social movements in December 2008 foreshadowed the massive mobilization which took place from January until March 2009, which resulted in...
Google Maps API v3 Google have today announced version 3 of the Google Maps API. The new version has been released as part of Google Code Labs, which means it is available now but only with basic features. The main features of the new release seem to be faster rendering of maps, better implementation of maps on mobile devices and better geo-coding. Google have also launched a new discussion group...
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