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PASADENA, Calif. -- Fabrice Reuperne scored an injury time winner Sunday as tiny Martinique sent Canada to a shocking 1-0 defeat at the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Canada, which had largely been outplayed for most of the game but was seconds away from escaping with a point, couldnt clear a Martinique corner kick in the dying seconds of the match. The ball fell to Reuperne, who unleashed a screaming shot past Canadian goalkeeper Milan Borjan in the first game of the tournament for both countries. The crushing loss to a country with a population of just 400,000 that isnt even a FIFA member is the latest setback for a Canadian program that also failed to advance to final stage of World Cup qualifying for Brazil 2014. After getting a few early chances on Sunday in front of the Martinique goal, Canada suddenly found itself on the back foot and looked completely out of sorts as the tiny island nation applied the pressure. Marcus Haber had Canadas first chance in the 10th minute when he got his head onto a corner kick from Will Johnson. Haber made good contact but Martinique goalkeeper Kevin Olimpa dropped to his left and made the save. Johnson fed in another corner in the 13th minute that was met by defender Doneil Henry, but his header went wide. After that, Martinique took the play to the Canadians, who are ranked 88th by FIFA. Frederic Piquionne got past Canadian midfielder Samuel Piette and found Kevin Parsemain on the left side in the 20th minute, but Borjan came off his line to make the save. Apart from that save, Borjan had a shaky first half. He chose to punch catchable crosses on two separate occasions and both times Martinique was gifted quality chances. Though it was a tough first half, Borjan saved Canada twice in the first five minutes of the second with quality saves to keep the game scoreless. 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Chennai to Delhi three hour flight. Eight hour halt in Delhi. Delhi to Dubai by Fly Dubai airlines, food, water not included in fare. Flight delayed by two hours after boarding. Three and a half hours halt at Dubai airport. Three hour flight to Baku. Almost 24 hours for travel time with no provision for food or water. Heartfelt thanks from Indian team...The All India Chess Federation (AICF) distanced itself from the matter, saying it had little to do with the arrangements. An AICF official told ESPN that the bookings were made by travel agency Balmer Lawrie on the instructions of the government.At the World Youth Chess Olympiad [held in Slovakia in July] too we had to travel by bus for six hours to reach the venue, Ramesh, who is accompanying the players, told ESPN from Baku. But in that case the venue wasnt too accessible from the airport.Womens team capptain Vishaal Sareen, SP Sethuraman, Murali Karthikeyan, Vidit Gujarathi, Padmini Rout, Soumya Swaminthan and Pratyusha Bodda were among the chess players travelling from Chennai to Baku.ddddddddddddrandmaster Viswanathan Anand, who last participated in Olympiad in 2006, is giving it a miss this time too. It is considered to be among his least favourite events -- primarily due to its Swiss format that, unlike the round-robin format, has players or teams with equal points facing off against each other in every round. The Olympiad also applies the zero-tolerance rule, which essentially means any player who reaches even a few seconds late at the board loses the game.In all, 2,245 players from 176 countries will participate in the Chess Olympiad, which runs from September 1 to 14. The biennial tournament is considered one of the biggest events in the chess calendar. The Indian mens team, led by P Harikrishna, is seeded 11th while the women are seeded fifth.India had won its first Chess Olympiad medal, a bronze, in the last edition in 2014. ' ' '