National Sports
Decorated Canadian para surfer Victoria Feige lobbying for inclusion in L.A. 2028
By Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press on September 6th, 2024
PARIS – Surfing is California’s official state sport and Canadian para surfer Victoria Feige wants Los Angeles to live up to that pledge in 2028. The five-time women’s world champion from Vancouver is at the forefront of a lobby to get L.A. to introduce para surfing to the Paralympic Games. L.A.’s organizing committee stated in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian thrower Jesse Zesseu claims Paralympic silver in discus
By The Canadian Press on September 6th, 2024
PARIS – Canadian discus thrower Jesse Zesseu has won a silver medal at the Paralympic Games. The 25-year-old from Toronto reached the podium in his Paralympic debut with a throw of 53.24 metres. He was just over four metres shy of the winner from Uzbekistan. Zesseu competes in the men’s F37 classification. Mild cerebral palsy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024
By The Canadian Press on September 5th, 2024
Thursday’s Scoreboard MLB American League Minnesota 4 Tampa Bay 3 Seattle 6 Oakland 4 Texas 3 L.A. Angels 1 National League San Francisco 3 Arizona 2 Philadelphia 5 Miami 2 Pittsburgh 9 Washington 4 Colorado 3 Atlanta 1 Interleague Detroit 4 San Diego 3 Cincinnati 1 Houston 0 — NFL Kansas City 27 Baltimore 20 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chiefs hold off Ravens 27-20 when review overturns a TD on final play of NFL’s season opener
By Dave Skretta, The Associated Press on September 5th, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Patrick Mahomes threw for 291 yards and a touchdown, and the Kansas City defense kept Lamar Jackson and the Ravens out of the end zone on three heart-stopping plays in the final seconds, allowing the Chiefs to begin the pursuit of a record third straight Super Bowl title with a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US Open: Jessica Pegula beats Karolina Muchova and will face Aryna Sabalenka in the women’s final
By Howard Fendrich, The Associated Press on September 5th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Jessica Pegula shrugged off a sluggish start and came back from a set and a break down at the U.S. Open to defeat Karolina Muchova 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday night for a berth in her first Grand Slam final. The No. 6-seeded Pegula, a 30-year-old from New York, has won ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US Open: Aryna Sabalenka beats Emma Navarro to reach her second consecutive final in New York
By Howard Fendrich, The Associated Press on September 5th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Aryna Sabalenka moved into her second consecutive U.S. Open final by taking the last seven points and beating Emma Navarro 6-3, 7-6 (2) on Thursday night with her usual brand of high-risk, high-reward tennis. The No. 2-seeded Sabalenka, a 26-year-old from Belarus who won each of the past two Australian Opens, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Australia coach fired for supporting a South Korean swimmer at the Olympics
By The Associated Press on September 5th, 2024
SYDNEY (AP) – Swimming Australia has fired coach Michael Palfrey over comments made at the Paris Olympics where he said he hoped a South Korean athlete would beat Australian swimmers. Palfrey told South Korean television he hoped South Korea’s Kim Woo-min would win the men’s 400-meter freestyle in Paris, an event that featured Australians Sam ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ronaldo scores 900th goal and San Marino earns first competitive win. Spain held by Serbia
By Tales Azzoni, The Associated Press on September 5th, 2024
MADRID (AP) – With his 900th career goal, Cristiano Ronaldo got the best of Luka Modric in the duel of veterans in the Nations League on Thursday. The 39-year-old Ronaldo became the first man to reach the 900-goal milestone in official matches for club and country by scoring in Portugal’s 2-1 win over Modric’s Croatia. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Midnight Mascot installed as early favourite for $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes
By The Canadian Press on September 5th, 2024
FORT ERIE, Ont. – Midnight Mascot has been installed as the early 5-2 favourite for the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes. The second jewel of the OLG Triple Crown will be run Tuesday at Fort Erie Racetrack. Midnight Mascot received the No. 5 post in the race draw Thursday. Midnight Mascot is trained by Mark ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians Paralympians strike gold twice, with one bronze on Day 8
By The Canadian Press on September 5th, 2024
PARIS – Canada earned three medals, with two golds courtesy of two of its biggest names at the Paralympic Games on Day 8. Wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos earned gold in the men’s T53 800 metres on the track on Thursday, while Aurelie Rivard picked up gold in the women’s S10 400-metre freestyle in the pool. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!League-leading Alouettes host Lions as Rourke begins to find his groove
By Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press on September 5th, 2024
MONTREAL – B.C. Lions head coach Rick Campbell believes Nathan Rourke is just getting rolling since returning from the NFL last month. Rourke will make his fourth consecutive start when the Lions (6-6) visit the league-leading Montreal Alouettes (10-1) at Molson Stadium on Friday night. After a couple rough outings, the Canadian quarterback bounced back ... Read More »
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