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Canada's Summer McIntosh sets 2nd world record in 5 days

Canada's Summer McIntosh sets 2nd world record in 5 days

Apr 1, 2023 / 8:11 pm

Summer McIntosh set her second world record in five days, winning the 400-meter individual medley at the Canadian swimming trials on Saturday night. The...

Kvitova upends Rybakina for women's Miami Open title

Kvitova upends Rybakina for women's Miami Open title

Apr 1, 2023 / 2:08 pm

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Twelfth-seeded Petra Kvitova won the Miami Open in her 13th appearance, beating seventh-seeded Elena Rybakina with a marathon...

Canada's Gushue splits games on opening day at world men's curling championship

Canada's Gushue splits games on opening day at world men's curling championship

Apr 1, 2023 / 1:40 pm

OTTAWA — Virtually nothing went Brad Gushue's way in his opening game at the world men's curling championship on Saturday.  Some stones picked. Other shots...

Turkish team no-shows opening ceremony at world men's curling championship

Turkish team no-shows opening ceremony at world men's curling championship

Apr 1, 2023 / 11:48 am

OTTAWA — Turkey's first appearance at a world men's curling championship got off to an inauspicious start Saturday as the team no-showed the opening ceremony...

Canadian women have little trouble dispatching the U.S. in Pacific Four Series opener

Canadian women have little trouble dispatching the U.S. in Pacific Four Series opener

Apr 1, 2023 / 10:12 am

MADRID — Fullback Sabrina Poulin scored two of Canada's eight tries in a 50-17 rugby romp over the U.S. in the opening match of the Pacific Four Series on...

Despite tough day at Hong Kong Sevens, Canada women's road to Olympics gets clearer

Despite tough day at Hong Kong Sevens, Canada women's road to Olympics gets clearer

Apr 1, 2023 / 8:26 am

HONG KONG — The Australian and the U.S. women's rugby sevens teams secured qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday by reaching the quarterfinals...

Fernandez, Townsend advance to Miami Open women's doubles final

Fernandez, Townsend advance to Miami Open women's doubles final

Mar 31, 2023 / 9:10 pm

MIAMI — Leylah Fernandez of Montreal will be playing in the Miami Open women's doubles final. Fernandez and her partner Taylor Townsend of Chicago edged past...

American John Salter defeats Canadian Aaron Jeffery at Bellator 293, then retires

American John Salter defeats Canadian Aaron Jeffery at Bellator 293, then retires

Mar 31, 2023 / 8:25 pm

TEMECULA, Calif. — American John Salter used his grappling skills to win a unanimous decision over Canadian middleweight Aaron Jeffery and then announced his...

Canadian men, facing rugby sevens relegation fight, lose opening match in Hong Kong

Canadian men, facing rugby sevens relegation fight, lose opening match in Hong Kong

Mar 31, 2023 / 2:17 pm

HONG KONG — The Canadian men lost their opening match at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on Friday, beaten 17-7 by Argentina. Josiah Mora, playing in his...

Like Old Times: Harnden brothers reunite on Canadian team at world curling playdowns

Like Old Times: Harnden brothers reunite on Canadian team at world curling playdowns

Mar 31, 2023 / 2:12 pm

OTTAWA — The Harnden brothers — Ryan and E.J. — cut a familiar pose Friday during a team practice session at TD Place on the eve of the world men's...

Sinner stuns top-ranked Alcaraz in Miami Open semifinals

Sinner stuns top-ranked Alcaraz in Miami Open semifinals

Mar 31, 2023 / 1:06 pm

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tenth-seeded Jannick Sinner of Italy stunned top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz on Friday night in the Miami Open semifinals, rallying from...

Canada women renew rugby rivalry with U.S. as Pacific Four Series opens in Madrid

Canada women renew rugby rivalry with U.S. as Pacific Four Series opens in Madrid

Mar 31, 2023 / 10:31 am

After a lopsided 66-7 win over No. 13 South Africa last weekend in their first outing since the Rugby World Cup in November, the fourth-ranked Canadian women...

Langford, B.C., to host North American Olympic rugby sevens qualifier

Langford, B.C., to host North American Olympic rugby sevens qualifier

Mar 31, 2023 / 10:30 am

LANGFORD, B.C. — Canada will have home-field advantage for this summer's Rugby Americas North Sevens, which serves as the regional qualifier for the 2024...

Wimbledon drops ban on Russians, lets them play as neutrals

Wimbledon drops ban on Russians, lets them play as neutrals

Mar 31, 2023 / 4:31 am

LONDON (AP) — Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at Wimbledon as neutral athletes after the All England Club on Friday reversed its ban...

U15 Kelowna Rockets win hockey provincials

U15 Kelowna Rockets win hockey provincials

Mar 30, 2023 / 7:00 pm

Kelowna's U15 Central Zone Rockets went undefeated in Fort St. John with five straight wins to capture the BC Provincial Championship. Throughout the...

Alcaraz turns away Fritz in Miami; Rybakina to women's final

Alcaraz turns away Fritz in Miami; Rybakina to women's final

Mar 30, 2023 / 6:03 pm

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The hopes of American men’s tennis rest largely on the talented rackets of Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul. But a Spanish roadblock...

Team Canada, Brad Gushue go for gold at world championship

Team Canada, Brad Gushue go for gold at world championship

Mar 30, 2023 / 9:38 am

Professional curler Brad Gushue made history earlier this month claiming his record-breaking fifth Brier title, and now his team is headed to the nation's...

Table tennis plans to allow Russians back, on IOC advice

Table tennis plans to allow Russians back, on IOC advice

Mar 30, 2023 / 9:25 am

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian players are set to return to table tennis events after the sport's governing body on Thursday followed the International...

Gushue wearing the Maple Leaf again at world men's curling championship

Gushue wearing the Maple Leaf again at world men's curling championship

Mar 30, 2023 / 9:00 am

OTTAWA — Sin City wasn't kind to Canadian skip Brad Gushue. He's hoping a return to the nation's capital will work more in his favour. After settling for...

A capsule look at the 2023 world men's curling championship field

A capsule look at the 2023 world men's curling championship field

Mar 30, 2023 / 9:00 am

OTTAWA — A capsule look at the 13 teams competing in the April 1-9 world men's curling championship at TD Place. Teams listed in alphabetical order, athletes...