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Argos unsatisfied despite beating Alouettes to remain undefeated: ‘Feels like a loss’
By Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press on July 14th, 2023
MONTREAL – The Toronto Argonauts beat the Montreal Alouettes on Friday night to start a season 4-0 for the first time since 1983, but you wouldn’t know it based on the coach’s post-game reaction. “Sloppy game. I mean, it feels like a loss,” said Argonauts head coach Ryan Dinwiddie. “I thought it was a team ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Argonauts remain undefeated, hold off Alouettes for 35-27 win
By Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press on July 14th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quarterback Chad Kelly threw three touchdowns and ran for another as the Toronto Argonauts remain undefeated with a 35-27 win over the Montreal Alouettes on Friday night. Toronto, the CFL’s only team without a loss, starts the season 4-0 for the first time since 1983, the same year the Argos won the Grey ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto takes advantage of 7th inning to seal 7-2 win over Arizona
By Tim Wharnsby, The Canadian Press on July 14th, 2023
TORONTO – Matt Chapman and Whit Merrifield delivered run-scoring hits to spearhead a five-run seventh inning in the Toronto Blue Jays 7-2 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday. The victory against the visiting Diamondbacks (52-40) improved Toronto’s interleague record to 17-7 this year. In the three-game series opener and Toronto’s first outing since the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian women’s rugby eases to 45-7 win over Australia
By Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press on July 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Canadian women’s rugby 15s team wrapped up the Pacific Four Series with a dominating 45-7 win over Australia’s Wallaroos at TD Place Friday night. Canada wraps up the series with a 2-1 record, while Australia was 1-2. Led led by captain Sophie de Goede and Tyson Beukeboom Canada dominated from the start ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s early, but Roughriders-Stampeders game has possible playoff implications
By Jeff DeDekker, The Canadian Press on July 14th, 2023
REGINA – It’s only Week 6 of the 2023 CFL season, and yet the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders are preparing for a game with possible playoff implications. The 3-1 Riders host the 1-3 Stampeders at Mosaic Stadium on Saturday, and a Saskatchewan victory will give them the regular-season series. The Riders slipped past the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Women in Motorsports program gives Chip Ganassi Racing a competitive edge
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on July 14th, 2023
TORONTO – Chip Ganassi Racing has been at the forefront of hiring women to its IndyCar Racing team, a strategy that has helped put two of its drivers atop the season’s standings. Anna Chatten, a gearbox mechanic for Ganassi, said that hiring women has created a more diverse range of voices on the team and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Win or lose, Redblacks rookie quarterback Crum is about to make history
By Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press on July 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – Dustin Crum is going to make history Saturday afternoon, whether he wins or loses. The Redblacks rookie will become his team’s fourth different starting quarterback this season when Ottawa (1-3) hosts the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. No other team has ever had four different starting QBs in its first five games. To recap: Nick ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FIS removes tentative men’s downhill races at Lake Louise from calendar
By The Canadian Press on July 14th, 2023
CALGARY – The International Ski and Snowboard Federation has removed a tentative men’s downhill at Lake Louise, Alta., from next season’s calendar. The governing body of skiing initially had the men competing Nov. 22-26 at the ski resort in Banff National Park, but with a “to be confirmed” designation. But Alpine Canada said in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will meet in the Wimbledon final
By Howard Fendrich, The Associated Press on July 14th, 2023
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) – This was the moment. If Novak Djokovic was going to be stopped in the Wimbledon semifinals, if his much younger and harder-hitting opponent, Jannik Sinner, was going to turn things around Friday, the monumental comeback required would need to start immediately. Djokovic knew it. Sinner knew it. The 15,000 or so ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scott Dixon ready to defend title at Honda Indy Toronto, his ‘home’ race
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on July 14th, 2023
Toronto just feels like home to Scott Dixon. The New Zealander often jokes that as the only IndyCar race in a Commonwealth country, the Honda Indy Toronto is essentially his backyard. He’s also won four times on the street course around Exhibition Place, including a dominant performance in 2022, for the second-most victories in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CF Montreal hosts Charlotte looking to salvage points from crucial week
By Elias Grigoriadis, The Canadian Press on July 14th, 2023
MONTREAL – An offensively stunted CF Montreal is desperately looking to get any points out of this crucial week in the Major League Soccer season when it hosts Charlotte FC on Saturday evening. Montreal (8-12-2) has faltered over a sequence of games that could have gone a long way in cementing its place in the ... Read More »
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