National Sports
Oilers end pre-season skid with 5-4 win over Kraken
By Shane Jones, The Canadian Press on September 28th, 2024
EDMONTON – Mattias Ekholm had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers snapped a three-game skid with a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Saturday. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Noah Philp, Vasily Podkolzin and Raphael Lavoie also scored for the Oilers, who improved to 2-3 in NHL pre-season play. Jacob Melanson, Eduard Sale, John ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dean scores first MLS goal as Fire tie visiting Toronto FC 1-1
By The Associated Press on September 28th, 2024
CHICAGO (AP) – Jonathan Dean scored his first Major League Soccer goal in the 84th minute for the Chicago Fire on Saturday night in a 1-1 draw with Toronto FC. Ariel Lassiter cut back to evade a defender and the played an arcing ball from the left corner of the area to the back post, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!OHL roundup: DeAngelis helps Wolves whip Greyhounds 6-3
By The Canadian Press on September 28th, 2024
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Nick DeAngelis scored twice and added an assist to help the visiting Sudbury Wolves defeat the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 6-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday night. Lucas Di Giantommaso, Chase Coughlan, Kieron Walton and Blake Clayton all scored for the Wolves, who led 2-1 after the first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hajrullahu kicks record-tying eight FGs to lead Argos past Alouettes 37-31
By Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press on September 28th, 2024
TORONTO – Lirim Hajrullahu kicked a CFL record-tying eight field goals to lift the Toronto Argonauts to a 37-31 win over the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday night. Hajrullahu’s 27-yard field goal – his club record-tying seventh – at 12:43 of the fourth put Toronto ahead 34-31. Montreal took possession at its 34-yard line with 2:10 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leafs win spirited pre-season battle 2-1, Canadiens lose Laine
By Elias Grigoriadis, The Canadian Press on September 28th, 2024
MONTREAL – The Toronto Maple Leafs have won both NHL pre-season games against the Montreal Canadiens, bringing home a physical 2-1 win on Saturday evening at the Centre Bell. Nicholas Robertson scored twice for the Maple Leafs, while Kirby Dach scored Montreal’s lone goal late in the third period. After less than four minutes, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Martinez scores twice, CF Montreal earns 3 crucial points with 3-0 win over San Jose
By The Canadian Press on September 28th, 2024
MONTREAL – Josef Martinez scored twice as CF Montreal earned three crucial points in a 3-0 win over the league-worst San Jose Earthquakes in MLS play Saturday. The veteran striker, a league MVP in 2018, opened the scoring in the 50th minute and doubled the lead in the 55th to bring the 19,619 fans at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!QMJHL roundup: Cataractes edge Drakkar 2-1 to net third win
By The Canadian Press on September 28th, 2024
BAIE-COMEAU, Que. – Kody Dupuis’ goal at 10:59 of the second period snapped a 1-1 tie and lifted the visiting Shawinigan Cataractes to a 2-1 win over the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Saturday. Vince Elie also scored for the Cataractes, who were outshot 30-26, but got a 29-save performance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Buhai takes lead into final round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship
By The Associated Press on September 28th, 2024
ROGERS, Ark. (AP) – Ashleigh Buhai birdied four of the final five holes for a 4-under 67 and a one-stroke lead over Dottie Ardina on Saturday in the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. Playing in tricky afternoon wind conditions, Buhai rebounded from a double bogey on the par-4 eighth with birdies on the par-4 ninth and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!United States takes 11-7 lead over International team at Presidents Cup over long day
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on September 28th, 2024
L’ÃŽLE-BIZARD – SAINTE-GENEVIÈVE – Patrick Cantlay drained a birdie putt on No. 18 to help the United States build an 11-7 lead over the International team in a long day at the Presidents Cup. Back-to-back 3-1 rounds on Saturday gave the Americans the four-point lead over a 12-hour day at Royal Montreal Golf Club. Cantlay ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Isabelle Harris earns judo bronze in European Open
By The Canadian Press on September 28th, 2024
PRAGUE, Czechia – Isabelle Harris of Abbotsford, B.C., earned a bronze medal at the European Open judo competition on Saturday. The 23-year-old scored an ippon, or a full point, against Italy’s Antonietta Palumbo in a women’s 63-kilogram marathon match that went more than six minutes into overtime. Harris was also a bronze medallist at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Haudenosaunee Confederacy women earn world box lacrosse bronze medal
By The Canadian Press on September 28th, 2024
UTICA, Mich. – The Haudenosaunee Confederacy earned the first bronze medal awarded in a women’s world box lacrosse championship Saturday in Utica, N.Y. A women’s championship was included for the first time in the sixth edition of the world box championship. The Haudenosaunee, whose territory includes the Six Nations in southern Ontario, defeated Australia 21-4 ... Read More »
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