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CP NewsAlert: Canada loses 1-0 to Belgium in return to World Cup
By The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
AL RAYYAN, Qatar – Canada’s first World Cup game in 36 years ends in defeat with a 1-0 loss to No. 2 Belgium. More coming... Read More »
1 responseDepleted Maple Leafs acquire defenceman Timmins in trade with Coyotes
By The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenceman Conor Timmins from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for forward Curtis Douglas. The 24-year-old Timmins has three assists through six games with the Tucson Roadrunners this season. He has also skated in two games with Arizona. The Maple Leafs are in need of defensive depth after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lake Louise World Cup future cloudy, Canada’s racers laud where they launched careers
By Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
If it is the last year of World Cup alpine ski racing in Lake Louise, Alta., after three decades there, Canada’s team wants to make it memorable. The men open the international speed season with Friday’s downhill followed by super-G races both Saturday and Sunday at the Banff National Park resort. “The downhill is the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New-look Team Canada returns to Whistler for bobsled, skeleton World Cup
By Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
Canadian bobsledder Cynthia Appiah knows she’s on the radar heading into a new season. The 32-year-old Torontonian grabbed attention last year, finishing third overall in the women’s monobob world series and taking eighth place finishes in both monobob and two-woman bobsled at the Beijing Olympics. Expectations are high as Appiah and the rest of Team ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Excitement at home as Canada meets Belgium in first World Cup appearance since 1986
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
It was a moment some Canadian soccer fans said they’d been waiting for their whole lives: seeing their country in the World Cup. At watching parties across the country Wednesday, fans gathered to cheer on the national team as it made its first appearance since 1986 in the international soccer tournament. Morgan Stacey, 28, who ... Read More »
1 responseCanadians ready for World Cup game against Belgium — first match since 1986
By Jacob Serebrin and Marisela Amador, The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
As they waited for kickoff in Canada’s first World Cup appearance since 1986, fans at a Montreal pub said they were excited to cheer on their national team. For some, seeing Team Canada play its first game in the tournament Wednesday has been something they’ve been waiting for their entire lives. Morgan Stacey, 28, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former champions McNair, Barrieau top field for Canadian driving championship event
By The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
EDMONTON – Former champions Doug McNair and Gilles Barrieau top the field for the 2022 Canadian driving championship. This year’s event will be held Thursday at Century Mile Racetrack and Casino. McNair, of Guelph, Ont., and Barrieau, of Moncton, N.B., will be among eight drivers competing over eight races on the card. The overall winner ... Read More »
1 responseCanadian men lay claim to the turf at World Cup stadium before tournament opener
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
AL RAYYAN, Qatar – Canada came armed to the World Cup. During World Cup qualifying the Canadian men travelled with a sword which bears the words ‘Nihil timendum est,’ which is ‘Fear Nothing’ in Latin. And the sword has made its way to Qatar. The finale of Canada Soccer’s “Anything is Possible” documentary series shows ... Read More »
1 responseBet99 adds former Toronto FC star Giovinco as ambassador
By The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
TORONTO – Bet99 has added soccer star Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto FC’s all-time leading scorer, as an ambassador. Bet99 made the announcement Wednesday. Giovinco joins the likes of UFC Hall of Famer Georges St-Pierre, NHL all-star Auston Matthews and two-time Olympian Alysha Newman with Bet99. Giovinco joins Bet99 on the same day Canada faces Belgium in ... Read More »
1 responseNHL notebook: Early season ‘Fire Lindy’ chants didn’t ‘sit well’ with surging Devils
By Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
Miles Wood was in his car and not in a good mood. New Jersey Devils fans were in the same boat for different reasons. A team with heightened expectations after a mostly miserable decade had just dropped its second straight game to open a season that was supposed to be different. And the locals were ... Read More »
1 responseFrom Mexico to Qatar, Jamie Lowery’s Canadian World Cup adventure continues
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
DOHA, Qatar – Thirty-six years later, Jamie Lowery is back at the World Cup. Lowery, one of two amateurs on the Canadian team that played at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, has returned to the soccer showcase, this time as a fan with a group of eight friends. They plan to meet some fellow ... Read More »
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