National Sports
Calgary Flames name Lambert, Savard assistant coaches to Ryan Huska
By The Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2023
CALGARY – The Calgary Flames have hired Dan Lambert and Marc Savard to be assistants to new head coach Ryan Huska. Lambert spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach with the Nashville Predators. Savard, who played 221 of his 800 career NHL games with the Flames from 1999 to 2003, spent the last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reign of world’s largest hockey stick coming to an end as Duncan, B.C., holds survey
By Nick Wells, The Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2023
The world’s largest hockey stick survived Expo ’86, a move to Vancouver Island, the wrath of Canadian winters and even woodpeckers, but time is catching up with the monument to Canada’s game attached to an ice arena in Duncan, B.C. The 28,118-kilogram stick was built to mark the entrance to the Canada pavilion at Vancouver’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Deguchi beats fellow Canadian Klimkait to win gold at Grand Slam judo event
By The Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2023
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia – Christa Deguchi clamied the women’s under-57 kilogram gold medal at the Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam judo tournament Friday with a win over fellow Canadian Jessica Klimkait. Deguchi, the reigning world champion from Lethbridge, Alta., clinched the gold medal by biding her time and forcing Klimkait to make errors. Klimkait, received two penalties in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto FC in hostile territory as it looks for first road win of the MLS season
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2023
After losing 3-0 midweek at league-leading FC Cincinnati, Toronto FC finds itself in equally hostile territory Saturday when it visits New England. Cincinnati (13-1-4) entered the MLS record books with Wednesday’s victory, tying the 2002 San Jose Earthquakes in winning the first 10 home games of the season. Now Toronto (3-6-10) faces a New England ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Connor Bedard’s NHL draft journey nearly complete: ‘Hard to wrap your head around it’
By Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2023
Connor Bedard was about to jet off to a sunny destination. He wasn’t happy about it. With minor hockey tryouts just around the corner, Bedard – the projected No. 1 pick at next week’s NHL draft, but at the time a just youngster with big dreams – begrudgingly agreed to his family’s Hawaiian vacation. There ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian heavyweight Arjan Bhullar loses One Championship title in first defence
By The Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2023
BANGKOK – Unbeaten Russian Anatoly (Sladkiy) Malykhin stopped Canadian Arjan Bhullar in the third round Friday to win the One Championship heavyweight title. The loss, in the main event of the “One Friday Fights 22” card at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, came in Bhullar’s first MMA title defence since dethroning Brandon (The Truth) Vera in April ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CF Montreal exploring all options to rediscover road form against Charlotte FC
By Elias Grigoriadis, The Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2023
MONTREAL – After tying the Major League Soccer record for most consecutive shutout wins at home with six, CF Montreal is looking to duplicate that success on the road. Montreal will look for just its second road win of the season when it faces Charlotte FC on Saturday. Most MLS teams struggle away from home, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Marino eliminated from Wimbledon warmup with quarterfinal loss
By The Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2023
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom – Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino has been eliminated from the Rothesay Classic tennis tournament after a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 quarterfinal loss to China’s Zhu Lin on Friday. Marino fired 10 aces in the loss, but was accurate on just under 52 per cent of her first serves and won just 36.5 per cent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three Canadians to ride together on Israel-Premier Tech team for Tour de France
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2023
Canadians Michael Woods, Hugo Houle and Guillaume Boivin will ride together in Israel-Premier Tech’s entry for the Tour de France. The 110th edition of the storied race, which covers 3,404 kilometres over 21 stages this year, starts July 1 in Bilbao, Spain, and finished July 23 in Paris. Houle won Stage 16 last year, joining ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Thursday, June 22, 2023
By The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
Thursday’s Scoreboard CFL B.C. 30 Winnipeg 6 — MLB American League Minnesota 6 Boston 0 Cleveland 6 Oakland 1 Kansas City 6 Tampa Bay 5 Seattle 10 N.Y. Yankees 2 National League Arizona 5 Washington 3 Atlanta 5 Philadelphia 1 (10 innings) San Diego 10 San Francisco 0 Miami 6 Pittsburgh 4 &#... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Adams leads B.C. Lions to 30-6 victory over Winnipeg Blue Bombers
By Judy Owen, The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
WINNIPEG – The B.C. Lions accomplished a rare feat with a dominant 30-6 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday. The last time a CFL West Division team beat the Blue Bombers at home was the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sept. 8, 2018. The Lions remain undefeated to start the season at 3-0 for the ... Read More »
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