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Edmonton Elks re-sign Canadian running back Anti Litre
By The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2023
EDMONTON – The Edmonton Elks have signed Canadian running back Ante Litre to a one-year contract extension. The 28-year-old from Vancouver suited up in all 18 games for the Elks in 2022. He posted a career-high 241 rushing yards and ran for a touchdown as well as catching 16 passes for 89 yards. Litre also ... Read More »
1 responseMadeline Schizas holds off 16-year-old Ruiter to win Canadian figure skating title
By The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2023
OSHAWA, Ont. – Madeline Schizas captured her second consecutive Canadian figure skating title Saturday. Skating to music from “West Side Story,” the 19-year-old from Oakville, Ont., scored 128.15 points for her free program, and 196.47 overall. Kaiya Ruiter, a 16-year-old from Calgary, had the highest free-skate score of 129.82, climbing from sixth place after the ... Read More »
1 responseEverton directors to skip game because of ‘credible threat’
By James Robson, The Associated Press on January 14th, 2023
MANCHESTER, England (AP) – Everton’s board of directors were instructed not to attend Saturday’s home match against Southampton because of a “real and credible threat to their safety and security,” the Premier League team said. The decision was made ahead of reports of a possible protest at Goodison Park in the wake of Everton’s poor ... Read More »
1 responseCanada’s Loutitt, Strate finish just off World Cup ski jump team podium in fourth
By The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2023
YAMAGATA, Japan – A day after becoming the first Canadian woman to win a World Cup ski jump event, Alexandria Loutitt joined with Abigail Strate to finish fourth in a team event Saturday. The Calgarians finished just off the podium behind winner Austria, runner-up Norway and bronze medallist Germany at Zao Onsen Ski Resort. Loutitt’s ... Read More »
1 responseKilde dominates World Cup downhill in big win over Odermatt
By The Associated Press on January 14th, 2023
WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) – The dominant men’s downhill racer is Aleksander Aamodt Kilde – clearly. Kilde won Switzerland’s marquee World Cup race Saturday by a big margin for his fourth win in six downhills this season. “It’s flowing pretty well now, it’s really a lot of fun. I feel so happy skiing,” Kilde told Swiss ... Read More »
1 responseKaillie Humphries wins World Cup monobob gold, Canada’s Appiah third
By The Associated Press on January 14th, 2023
ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) – Kaillie Humphries won a World Cup women’s monobob race for the 100th medal of her career in major international competition and Canada’s Cynthia Appiah took bronze. Humphries has won 70 medals in two-woman races in her career; 60 in World Cups, seven at the world championships and three at the Olympics. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federica Brignone wins World Cup super-G; Shiffrin sits out
By The Associated Press on January 14th, 2023
ST. ANTON, Austria (AP) – Federica Brignone won a World Cup super-G on Saturday for the 2020 overall champion’s first victory this season in a race that American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin skipped. Brignone mastered a course shortened because of heavy overnight snowfall and triumphed after her Italian teammate Sofia Goggia skied faster but went ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sebov’s lengthy struggles pave way to berth in first Grand Slam
By Stephanie Myles, The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2023
MELBOURNE, Australia – It’s been a long, solitary road for Katherine Sebov of Woodbridge, Ont., who has been toiling in anonymity at the lower levels of tennis for years, trying to break through. On Friday in Melbourne, in the qualifying round for the Australian Open, her perseverance finally paid off. Sebov, who turned 24 on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McDavid has 2 goals, assist as Oilers beat Sharks 7-1
By Max Miller, The Associated Press on January 14th, 2023
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks 7-1 on Friday night. Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal and two assists, and Klim Kostin, Jesse Puljujarvi, and Ryan McLeod also scored for the Oilers. Jack Campbell made 25 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McDavid nets 2 goals, assist as Oilers scorch Sharks 7-1
By Max Miller, The Associated Press on January 13th, 2023
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks 7-1 on Friday night. Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each a goal and two assists, and Klim Kostin, Jesse Puljujarvi and Ryan McLeod also scored for the Oilers. Jack Campbell made 25 saves ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Friday, Jan. 13, 2023
By The Canadian Press on January 13th, 2023
Friday’s Games NHL Winnipeg 4 Pittsburgh 1 Edmonton 7 San Jose 1 New Jersey 6 Anaheim 2 — AHL Syracuse 7 Laval 3 Henderson 3 Calgary 1 Cleveland 2 Belleville 1 Ontario 3 San Diego 1 Iowa 4 Grand Rapids 0 Coachella Valley 5 Bakersfield 4 (OT) Hershey 5 Springfield 3 Bridgeport 4 Lehigh Valley ... Read More »
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