National Sports
Race walker Dunfee picks up another 4th-place finish at World Athletics Championships
By The Canadian Press on August 24th, 2023
BUDAPEST, Hungary – Evan Dunfee finished just shy of a podium finish for the second time at the World Athletics Championships. The race walker from Richmond, B.C., placed fourth in the men’s 35-kilometre event Thursday in a season’s-best time of two hours 25 minutes 28 seconds. Spain’s Ãlvaro MartÃn came first in 2:24:30, followed by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Table Tennis Championships in Hay River cancelled due to N.W.T. wildfires
By The Canadian Press on August 24th, 2023
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. – The Canadian Table Tennis Championships scheduled for Sept. 22-24 in Hay River, N.W.T., have been cancelled due to the ongoing wildfire situation in the territory, Table Tennis North announced. In light of the cancellation, Table Tennis North says its organizing committee plans to make a proposal to Table Tennis Canada to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Basketball announces final roster ahead of FIBA World Cup
By The Canadian Press on August 24th, 2023
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Canada Basketball announced its final roster for the senior team heading into the FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup on Thursday. The team will be led by all-NBA first team guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder, guard RJ Barrett of the New York Knicks and centre Kelly Olynyk of the Utah ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch for rest of season because of a torn elbow ligament, Angels GM says
By Greg Beacham, The Associated Press on August 24th, 2023
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch for the rest of the season because of a torn ligament in his right elbow, Los Angeles Angels general manager Perry Minasian said Wednesday night. The Angels don’t yet know whether the major league homers leader and 10-game winner will need surgery to repair his ulnar collateral ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch for rest of season because of a tear in a elbow ligament, Angels GM says
By Greg Beacham, The Associated Press on August 23rd, 2023
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch for the rest of the season because of a tear in a right elbow ligament, Los Angeles Angels general manager Perry Minasian said Wednesday night. The Angels don’t yet know whether Ohtani will need surgery to repair the UCL ligament nearly five years after the two-way superstar ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch for rest of season because of a tear in an elbow ligament, Angels GM says
By Greg Beacham, The Associated Press on August 23rd, 2023
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch for the rest of the season because of a tear in an elbow ligament, Los Angeles Angels general manager Perry Minasian said Wednesday night. The Angels don’t yet know whether Ohtani will need surgery to repair the UCL ligament. Ohtani left the mound in the middle of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023
By The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
Wednesday’s Scoreboard MLB American League Baltimore 7 Toronto 0 Chicago White Sox 5 Seattle 4 (10 innings) Kansas City 4 Oakland 0 Boston 7 Houston 5 (10 innings) National League St. Louis 6 Pittsburgh 4 San Francisco 8 Philadelphia 6 (10 innings) San Diego 4 Miami 0 Atlanta 7 N.Y. Mets 0 Interleague Chicago Cubs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anthony Santander hits 2 homers to back Dean Kremer as Orioles beat Blue Jays 7-0
By Todd Karpovich, The Associated Press on August 23rd, 2023
BALTIMORE (AP) – Anthony Santander homered twice, Dean Kremer threw six innings of five-hit ball, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 on Wednesday night. The Orioles extended their streak of series without being swept to 80 and maintained their two-game lead in the AL East over Tampa Bay. Toronto fell one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Zealand’s Lydia Ko happy to return to Vancouver, where LPGA Tour success started
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
VANCOUVER – If it wasn’t for Vancouver, Lydia Ko might never have become a 19-time LPGA Tour winner. Ko is back in the field at the CPKC Women’s Open, a tournament she has won three times, including her first two victories on the LPGA Tour when she was still an amateur. She said that winning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Pospisil advances in US Open qualifying, Diallo eliminated
By The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
NEW YORK – Canadian tennis player Vasek Pospisil has advanced to the second round of qualifying for the U.S. Open. The 33-year-old from Vernon, B.C., advanced with a 7-6 (7), 6-7 (3), 6-4 win over Spain’s Pedro Martinez on Wednesday. Pospisil fired 11 aces in the match en route to winning 75 per cent of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maple Leafs sign star centre Auston Matthews to four-year, $53-million extension
By The Canadian Press on August 23rd, 2023
TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed star centre Auston Matthews to a four-year deal, US$53-million contract extension. The deal carries an average annual value of $13.5 million, which will make Matthews the league’s highest-paid player beginning in 2024-25, surpassing Colorado star Nathan MacKinnon’s $12.6 AAV. Matthews has one season left on his current ... Read More »
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