Soccer

Haitian Football Federation Opens New 2012 Season

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - At the launch of the national championship, President Yves Jean-Bart of the Federation of Haitian Football Federation (FHF), informed that the federation would celebrate on April 2nd its 108 years of existence through the organization of the 2012 National Championship season consisting of 12.

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U-20 Women's World Cup 2012: Haiti Seeking Qualifications

Haiti U-20 Women Team

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Looking for a place for the finals of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2012 to be held in Japan, the women's national team will compete on March 1 to 11, the last phase of the playoffs of the world in this category against Canada, Mexico and the Jamaica in the Group A.

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Some Clubs Allege Digicel is trying to "destabilize and destroy Haitian football."

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Some presidents of Haitian football clubs met in a meeting to denounce and take actions against Digicel and its CEO Maarten Boute for what they allege as an attempt to "destabilize and destroy Haitian football."

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Yves Jean-Bart Reelected to 4th Term as President of Haitian Soccer

CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti (defend.ht) – After a controversial election process, Sunday, Dr. Yves Jean-Bart was elected to a fourth four-year term as President of the Federation of Haitian Football.

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Haitian Women's Soccer 6-0 Loss to Canada

VANCOUVER, Canada (defend.ht) - It was a long night for the Haitian Women's National Soccer team on Thursday who suffered a 6-0 loss at the hands of the Canadians.

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Haiti Women's Soccer Team at Olympic Qualifiers in Vancouver

Haiti Women's Soccer team

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - (defend.ht) Looking for one of three places giving access to the London Olympics in 2012, the national women soccer team (Les Grenadiennes) left Port-au-Prince on Tuesday morning to Vancouver (Canada) to begin the final round of qualifying for the Olympic Games of London 2012.

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Haiti: U-20 Women Trounce D.R. 4-0 in World Cup Qualifiers

SAN CRISTOBAL, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - After defeating Jamaica on Friday, the Haitian under-20 Womens National Football Team defeated the Dominican Republic 4-0, Sunday, qualifying for phase 2 of the World Cup 2012 in Uzbekistan Qualifiers.

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Haiti U-20 Women Upset Group Favorite Jamaica 1-0

SAN CRISTOBAL, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) – Lady Grenadiers opened up the Women’s Under-20 World Cup Ubekistan 2012 Qualifiers by dropping the group-favorite Reggae Girlz of Jamaica 0-1 in San Cristobal, D.R..

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Haiti: International Haitian Footballer Assaulted by Police Officer

MIREBALAIS, Haiti (defend.ht) – The international Haitian soccer player, Jeff Louis, 18, playing in the French football club, Le Mans, was beaten Wednesday, December 28 by a policeman in his home town Mirebalais where he spent his holiday season with family.

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Haiti: Sporting Complex Opens in Gressier

GRESSIER, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Wednesday a new sporting complex was opened in the town of Gressier at St. John the Baptist Park. Complete with a soccer field and basketball court, the complex was built at the initiative of the son of President Michel Martelly, Olivier, who is the Head of State for Sport and Youth activities.

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Caribbean Football Union Looks to Establish Order at FIFA

ZURICH, Switzerland (defend.ht) – The President of the Federation of Haitian Football (FHF), Yves Jean-Bart, chaired a two day normalization meeting of the Presidents of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU). The meeting took place in Zurich, Switzerland and is to herald a new start to the regional league.

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15 Yr-old Haitian-Japanese Freshman Wins 2 MVP Honors

BROOKLINE, USA (defend.ht) - High school freshman, Zachary Herivaux, at 5 feet 11 inches received two Most Valuable Player Honors this weekend.

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Haiti Defeats Antigua & Barbuda 2-1 at Home to End Group Play

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Although eliminated from the 2014 World Cup in Brazil following a 0-1 loss to Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti defeated that team 2-1 on their home field on Tuesday at the Sylvio Cator.

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Federation of Haitian Football Letter to the Nation

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Executive Committee of the Federation of Haitian Football released this letter following Haiti's elimination from the World Cup 2014 in Brazil.

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Haiti Eliminated from World Cup after 0-1 Loss to Antigua & Barbuda

SAINT JOHN'S, Antigua (defend.ht) - With new teammates, acquired from European leagues on Thursday, a beefed up Federation of Haitian Football Men's Team could not take the first place in Group F of the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup, World Cup 2014 Qualifiers on Friday. The defeat does result in the elimination of Haiti from playing in Brazil in 2014.

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Haiti Women's U-23 Soccer, First Place in Group Qualifiers for World Cup

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - This Friday, November 4th, at Sylvio Cator stadium, the Under-twenty Haitian women team beat its counterpart in St. Kitts and Nevis (4-0) during the third and final day of the World Cup qualifiers in 2012.

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Haiti Soccer Media Rights Purchased by American Broadcaster

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The exclusive rights of television and radio for the next matches of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF) team in the World Cup Brazil 2014, were sold to the American company Media World.

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Soccer Match: Presidency vs MINUSTAH

LES CAYES, Haiti (defend.ht) - The football team of President Michel Martelly will play a game against the United Nations Mission for Stabilization in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to promote peace and tolerance. This meeting is the result of the efforts of Project Peace Latin America and Haiti Youth Development and Education, two organizations that promote peace and to support education through sport.

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Yves Jean-Bart Gets Off with a Warning from FIFA

ZURICH, Switzerland (defend.ht) - In a day that saw the senior soccer official for Jamaica and several other Caribbean football officials receive bans from FIFA, the President of the Federation of Haitian Football, Yves Jean-Bart, got off with a warning.

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Haiti Comes Back from 0-2 to Draw vs Curacao [Video]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Grenadiers were caught cold by a team from Curacao who scored two in the first half. One as early as the 7th minute of play and another 7 minutes later in the 14th.

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Book reviews

Haiti Noir

Book Review

The anthology edited by Edwidge Danticat puts a uniquely Haitian spin on the crime genre

"Danticat has succeeded in assembling a group portrait of Haitian culture and resilience that is cause for celebration." - Publishers Weekly