Hockey almost over and now soccer!

Well, the NBA and NHL playoffs are in full swing, as well as the MLS and MLB seasons. Now onto something a little more obscure. BTW, Canada qualified for the world cup of cricket again.

Last Week:
April 16 - May 10: South American U17 Football Championship - Argentina is 2-1-0
April 18 - May 4: World Snooker Championship - Stephen Hendry is in the quarter finals!
April 20: 2009 Boston Marathon - Ryan Hall didn't win; highest Canadian was Stephen Drew at 21st.
April 20: CFU (Caribbean Football Union) Club Championship, 2nd round, 2nd leg - Strangely the W Connection result wasn't reported.
April 20 - 24: OFC U17 Soccer Tournament - New Zealand won.
April 21 - 23: Copa Libertadores - River Plate lost and are eliminated.
April 21 - 22: AFC Champions League, group phase - Nagoya Grampus won!
April 21 - 22: AFC Cup, group phase - P. Electricity Authority Club managed an away draw.
April 21 - May 2: 2009 CONCACAF U17 Soccer Championship - Go Canada manages only 1 point.
April 22: Concacaf Champions League Final - Atlante won the first leg.
April 22 - 25: 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Groups II and III - Latvia and Portugal, Greece and Armenia promoted.
April 22 - 26: 2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV - Aruba and Bermuda promoted.
April 22 - 26: 2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III - El Salvador and Bolivia promote, Honduras are relegated
April 23 - 28: UEFA Women's U19 Championship, second qualifying round - The Netherlands are 1-1.
April 24: UEFA Futsal Cup - Kairat came in third, Interviú Madrid won.
April 24 - May 10: Ice Hockey Men's World Championships - Looking good for Canada.
April 25 - 26: 2009 Fed Cup World Group, Semifinals - USA and Italy advance.
April 25 - 26: 2009 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs - Argentina are relegated.
April 25 - 26: 2009 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs - Canada is relegated.
April 26 - 30: AFC Challenge Cup Qualification, Group A - Bangladesh looking good.
April 26: 2009 London Marathon - Canadian Phillip Large came in 1314.

This Week:
April 16 - May 10: South American U17 Football Championship - Go Argentina!
April 18 - May 4: World Snooker Championship - Go Stephen Hendry!
April 21 - May 2: 2009 CONCACAF U17 Soccer Championship - Canada out. Go USA?
April 23 - 28: UEFA Women's U19 Championship, second qualifying round - Go Holland!
April 24 - May 10: Ice Hockey Men's World Championships - Go Canada!!
April 26 - 30: AFC Challenge Cup Qualification, Group A - Go Bangladesh?
April 28 - 30: Copa Libertadores - Go River Plate!
April 28 - May 3: 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III, section a - Go Iceland!
April 28 - 29: UEFA Champions League, semifinal, 1st leg - Go Barca!
April 28 - May 5: 2009 World Table Tennis Championships - Go Canada!
April 29: Concacaf Champions League Final, 2nd leg - Two Mexican teams ... bah!
April 29 - May 3: 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV - Go Ghana!
April 29 - May 3: 2009 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship - Go Canada!
April 30: UEFA Cup, semifinal, 1st leg - Go Bremen!
May 1: CFU (Caribbean Football Union) Club Championship, 2nd round, 2nd leg - Winner goes to the CONCACAF Champions League next year ... go W Connection!
May 1 - 3: CAF Champions League 2009 - 2nd round, 2nd leg - Go ZESCO United!
May 1 - 3: CAF Confederation Cup 2009 - 2nd round, 2nd leg - Go AS Vita Club
May 2: 135th Kentucky Derby - Go Papa Clem!
May 3: OFC Champions league final, 2nd leg - Go Koloale FC!

Speachless

Canada lost in U18 hockey as well. If they have a poor showing at the world men's, then I'll be sure of this curse thing.

Also, I'm sure you know that the NHL and NBA playoffs are happening right now, but it shouldn't be much difficulty for you to find out about that.

Last Week:
March 25 - April 14: Uefa Women's U17 championship - Sadly, the Netherlands failed to advance
April 7 - 13: World Ice Hockey Championships, division IIa - Serbia is promoted, North Korea is relegated.
April 9 - 19: World U18 Ice Hockey Championships - Canada lost in the bronze medal match to Finland.
April 10 - 16: World Ice Hockey Championships, division III - New Zealand and Turkey are promoted (Mongolia had visa problems and had to withdraw)
April 11 - 17: World Ice Hockey Championships, division Ib - Italy promotes, Romania is relegated
April 11 - 17: World Ice Hockey Championships, division Ia - Kazakhstan promotes, Australia is relegated
April 12 - 18: World Women's Ice Hockey Championships, division II - Latvia promotes, the Netherlands is relegated :(.
April 13 - 19: Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group III - Pacific Oceania and Sri Lanka promote, Singapore and Tajikistan relegate
April 13: CFU (Caribbean Football Union) Club Championship, 2nd round, 1st leg - W Connection won 3-0
April 14: AFC Challenge Cup, Preliminary Playoff, 2nd leg - Mongolia is eliminated
April 14 - 15: UEFA Champions League, QF, 2nd leg - Barcelona advance!
April 14 - 16: Copa Libertadores - Tough draw for America de Cali
April 15- 19: Jumping & Dressage World Cup Finals - The stats aren't really summarized, but Canada didn't medal
April 16: UEFA Cup, QF, 2nd leg - Dynamo Kyiv advance!
April 16 - May 10: South American U17 Football Championship - Argentina won their first match
April 17 - 19: CAF Champions League, 2nd round, 1st leg - ZESCO United get a valuable away draw
April 17 - 19: CAF Confederation Cup, 2nd round, 1st leg - AS Vita Club get a valuable away draw
April 18 - May 4: World Snooker Championship - Nice opening round win by Stephen Hendry

This Week:
April 16 - May 10: South American U17 Football Championship - Go Argentina!
April 18 - May 4: World Snooker Championship - Go Stephen Hendry!
April 20: 2009 Boston Marathon - Go Ryan Hall!
April 20: CFU (Caribbean Football Union) Club Championship, 2nd round, 2nd leg - Winner goes to the CONCACAF Champions League next year ... go W Connection!
April 20 - 24: OFC U17 Soccer Tournament - Winner goes to the world U17 in Nigeria. Go Vanatu!
April 21 - 23: Copa Libertadores - Go River Plate!
April 21 - 22: AFC Champions League, group phase - Go Nagoya Grampus!
April 21 - 22: AFC Cup, group phase - Go P. Electricity Authority Club!
April 21 - May 2: 2009 CONCACAF U17 Soccer Championship - Top 4 go to the worlds. Go Canada!
April 22: Concacaf Champions League Final - Two Mexican teams ... bah!
April 22 - 25: 2009 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Groups II and III - Go Georgia and Iceland!
April 22 - 26: 2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV - Go Aruba!
April 22 - 26: 2009 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III - Go Puerto Rico!
April 23 - 28: UEFA Women's U19 Championship, second qualifying round - Go Holland!
April 23 - May 3: 2009 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III, section b - Go Iceland!
April 24: UEFA Futsal Cup - Go Kairat!
April 24 - May 10: Ice Hockey Men's World Championships - Go Canada!!
April 25 - 26: 2009 Fed Cup World Group, Semifinals - Go USA!
April 25 - 26: 2009 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs - Go Argentina!
April 25 - 26: 2009 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs - Go Canada!
April 26 - 30: AFC Challenge Cup Qualification, Group A - Go Bangladesh?
April 26: 2009 London Marathon - Hopefully there's a Canadian entrant.

More cursing

Last week:
March 17 - April 6: NCAA Men's basketball tournament - UNC won. bah.
March 21 - April 7: Women's Div I tournament - UConn won.
March 27 - April 11: NCAA Frozen Four - Boston U won.
April 3 - 12: World Curling Championship - Scotland beat out Canada for the gold, handing them their first loss of the tournament.
April 4 - 10: World Women's Ice Hockey Championships, division I - Slovakia is promoted, France and the Czech Republic are relegated.
April 4 - 12: World Women's Ice Hockey Championships - Canada lost to the USA in the gold medal match.
April 4 - 6: African Champions League, 1/16 finals, 2nd leg - Lots of action.
April 6 - 12: World U18 Ice Hockey Championships, division Ia - Belarus are promoted, Ukraine is relegated.
April 6 - 12: World Ice Hockey Championships, division IIb - Korea is promoted, South Africa is relegated.
April 7 - 13: World Ice Hockey Championships, division IIa - Serbia are a near lock to promote
April 7 - 8: CONCACAF Champions League, Semi-finals, 2nd leg - Puerto Rico lost, setting up an all Mexico final.
April 9 - 19: World U18 Ice Hockey Championships - Canada 2-0
April 9 - 12: 2009 Masters (golf) - Angel Cabrera won.
April 10 - 16: World Ice Hockey Championships, division III - Mongolia forfeited all their matches (visa problems), New Zealand look set to promote
April 11 - 17: World Ice Hockey Championships, division Ib - Holland has lost all of their matches
April 11 - 17: World Ice Hockey Championships, division Ia - Australia has lost both of their matches
April 12 - 18: World Women's Ice Hockey Championships, division II - Holland has lost both of their matches
April 5 - 12: Dallas Cup - The Vancouver Whitecaps Academy lost in the final to Sao Paolo

This Week:
March 25 - April 14: Uefa Women's U17 championship - Go Holland!
April 7 - 13: World Ice Hockey Championships, division IIa - Go Serbia!
April 9 - 19: World U18 Ice Hockey Championships - Canada 2-0
April 10 - 16: World Ice Hockey Championships, division III - Go New Zealand!
April 11 - 17: World Ice Hockey Championships, division Ib - Please don't relegate Holland!
April 11 - 17: World Ice Hockey Championships, division Ia - Go Japan?
April 12 - 18: World Women's Ice Hockey Championships, division II - Please don't relegate Holland!
April 13 - ?: Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group III - Go Pacific Oceania!
April 13: CFU (Caribbean Football Union) Club Championship, 2nd round, 1st leg - Winner goes to the CONCACAF Champions League next year ... go W Connection!
April 14: AFC Challenge Cup, Preliminary Playoff, 2nd leg - Mongolia has to overcome a 2-0 deficit over Macau.
April 14 - 15: UEFA Champions League, QF, 2nd leg - Go Barcelona!
April 14 - 16: Copa Libertadores - Go America de Cali!
April 15- 19: Jumping & Dressage World Cup Finals - Go Canada!
April 16: UEFA Cup, QF, 2nd leg - Go Dynamo Kyiv.
April 16 - May 10: South American U17 Football Championship - Go Argentina!
April 17 - 19: CAF Champions League, 2nd round, 1st leg - Go ZESCO United!
April 17 - 19: CAF Confederation Cup, 2nd round, 1st leg - Go AS Vita Club!
April 18 - May 4: World Snooker Championship - Go Stephen Hendry!

Hockey, hockey and more hockey

April is a big month for international ice hockey. Usually the U18s are wrapping up, the women's tourneys are going on, and the men's tourneys are starting up.

Last Week:
March 17 - 31: CollegeInsider.com tournament - Old Dominion wins.
March 17 - April 2: NIT - Penn St. Wins
March 17 - April 3: CBI tournament - Oregon St. wins.
March 17 - April 6: NCAA Men's basketball tournament - Michigan St. vs. UNC in the final tonight.
March 18 - April 4: WNIT - South Florida wins.
March 19 - April 2: African U17 Soccer - Gambia wins their second title.
March 21 - April 7: Women's Div I tournement - Stanford lose to UConn in the semis
March 29 - April 4: World U18 Ice Hockey Championships, divison Ib - Latvia is promoted, Italy is relegated.
March 30 - April 5: Canadian Masters Curling Championships - Manitoba upset BC for the men's title, Saskatchewan upset Alberta for the women's
March 31 - April 1: World Cup of Soccer Qualifying - Mostly favourites won, except Argentina lost 6-1 to Bolivia.
April 3 - 4: Synchronized Skating World Championship - Canada wins!
April 3 - 12: World Curling Championship - Kevin Martin with a perfect record thus far.
April 4 - 10: World Women's Ice Hockey Championships, division I - Germany, Austria, Slovakia all winners on the first day.
April 4 - 12: World Women's Ice Hockey Championships - Canada beat China 13-1 on day one.
April 4 - 6: African Champions League, 1/16 finals, 2nd leg - Ajax Cape Town lost.
April 5: UEFA Women's Cup, semifinals, 2nd leg - Umeå IK lost to a Russian team

This Week:
March 17 - April 6: NCAA Men's basketball tournament - Michigan St. vs. UNC in the final tonight.
March 21 - April 7: Women's Div I tournament - UConn vs. Louisville in the final tomorrow night.
April 3 - 12: World Curling Championship - Go Canada!
April 4 - 10: World Women's Ice Hockey Championships, division I - Go Germany!
April 4 - 12: World Women's Ice Hockey Championships - Go Canada!
April 4 - 6: African Champions League, 1/16 finals, 2nd leg - Just one other match to play (go Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto!)
April 6 - 12: World U18 Ice Hockey Championships, division Ia - Go Lithuania?
April 6 - 12: World Ice Hockey Championships, division IIb - Go Belgium?
April 7 - 13: World Ice Hockey Championships, division IIa - Go Serbia?
April 7 - 8: CONCACAF Champions League, Semi-finals, 2nd leg - Go Puerto Rico Islanders!
April 9 - 19: World U18 Ice Hockey Championships - Go Canada!
April 9 - 12: 2009 Masters (golf) - Go Mike Wier (or maybe Tiger)
April 10 - 16: World Ice Hockey Championships, division III - Go Mongolia!
April 11 - 17: World Ice Hockey Championships, division Ib - Go Holland!
April 11 - 17: World Ice Hockey Championships, division Ia - Go Australia?
April 12 - 18: World Women's Ice Hockey Championships, division II - Go Holland!