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Toronto Maple Leafs mixing up goal songs after finally shelving Hall & Oates
By The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2023
TORONTO – The Maple Leafs didn’t change their goal song for five full seasons. They’ve had two in two games to start the 2023-24 campaign – and there are more to come. Toronto used a portion of Steve Aoki’s 2012 remix of Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness” in Wednesday’s home opener, with the track briefly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leafs centre Matthews, Canucks centre Pettersson headline NHL’s three stars
By The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2023
NEW YORK – Toronto centre Auston Matthews has been named the NHL’s first star of its opening week of the 2023-24 season after he posted hat tricks in the Maple Leafs’ first two games. Vancouver Canucks centre Elias Pettersson took second-star honours after posting a goal and five assists in two games, while Pittsburgh centre ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leafs cente Matthews, Canucks centre Pettersson headline NHL’s three stars
By The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2023
NEW YORK – Toronto centre Auston Matthews has been named the NHL’s first star of its opening week of the 2023-24 season after he posted hat tricks in the Maple Leafs’ first two games. Vancouver Canucks centre Elias Pettersson took second-star honours after posting a goal and five assists in two games, while Pittsburgh centre ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada men’s rugby coach Kingsley Jones gets two-year contract extension
By The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2023
Rugby Canada has signed men’s coach Kingsley Jones to a two-year contract extension that will see him lead the team through 2025. The former Wales captain has been in charge of the Canadian men since September 2017. While the Canadian men failed to qualify for the World Cup currently underway in France, Rugby Canada says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada defeats Lithuania to remain unbeaten at world mixed curling championship
By The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2023
ABERDEEN, United Kingdom – Canada remained undefeated halfway through round-robin play at the 2023 World Mixed Curling Championship with a 9-5 win over Lithuania on Monday. The Canadians, skipped by Montreal’s Felix Asselin, took a 9-4 lead after scoring two in the fifth end and following with a steal of one in the sixth. Lithuania ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In Newfoundland, champion runners look up to 85-year-old woman still ‘killing it’
By The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2023
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – An 85-year-old woman ran a notoriously agonizing 20-kilometre road race in St. John’s on Sunday, completing her 10th competitive run of the course and beating 121 much younger people. Florence Barron ran the steep, relentless hills along the Cape to Cabot course in two hours and 20 minutes, shaving a full ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mullin sees tackle football following the flag game into Olympics
By Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2023
Flag football will become an Olympic sport for the first time in 2028, and Jim Mullin can see a day when the tackle game follows suit. The International Olympic Committee included flag football as one of five new sports in the official program for the Los Angeles Games. The decision follows recommendations from the IOC ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadiens forward Kirby Dach out long term with ‘significant’ injury
By Alexis Bélanger-Champagne, The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2023
BROSSARD, Que. – Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach has sustained a “significant injury” and will be out for an extended period of time, the team announced Monday. Dach was checked into the Blackhawks’ bench by defenceman Jarred Tinordi in the first period of Montreal’s home opener against Chicago on Saturday. He headed to the locker ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Professional Women’s Hockey League releases rosters ahead of Nov. 15 training camps
By The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2023
TORONTO – The six teams in the Professional Women’s Hockey League will open training camps on Nov. 15 in advance of the league’s inaugural season. The league released the roster of 184 players that will open camp in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, New York, Boston and Minnesota. That includes the three initial free agent signings each ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MATCHDAY: England plays scandal-hit Italy in Euro 2024 qualifying. Hungary and Denmark can qualify.
By The Associated Press on October 16th, 2023
A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Tuesday: EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING GROUP C A European Championship spot is within reach for England as Gareth Southgate’s team hosts scandal-hit Italy at Wembley in a repeat of the 2021 final. England is unbeaten in seven games since last year’s World Cup and will qualify with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flag football to be included in Olympic program in 2028
By The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2023
MUMBAI, India – Football will become an Olympic sport in 2028. The International Olympic Committee has included flag football in the official program for the 2028 Games slated for Los Angeles. The IOC’s decision follows deliberations and recommendations from the IOC executive board, the IOC Olympic Program Commission and the Los Angeles organizing committee, concluding ... Read More »
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