March 29th, 2024

National Sports

Canada’s Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps capture gold at figure skating worlds

By Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024

MONTREAL – Canada’s Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps captured gold in the pairs competition Thursday night at the world figure skating championships. The two-time national champions posted a personal-best total score of 221.56 after skating to “Interview With a Vampire” in the free program. They placed first in the short program on Wednesday to give ... Read More »

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Blues earn 5-2 win, hand Senators third consecutive loss

By Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024

OTTAWA – Jordan Kyrou had one goal and two assists, Joel Hofer made 37 saves and the St. Louis Blues earned a 5-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. The victory helped St. Louis (37-30-3) inch closer to the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference. The Blues moved ahead of Minnesota by one ... Read More »

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Peterman, Gallant among four teams to advance to Canadian mixed doubles curling semis

By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024

FREDERICTON – The Canadian mixed doubles curling championship semifinal matchups are now set for Friday. Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant, the 2019 national champions and 2023 finalists, defeated Paige Papley and Evan Van Amsterdam 7-5 on Thursday evening in quarterfinal action. Peterman and Gallant will next face Kadriana and Colton Lott, who remained undefeated at ... Read More »

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Blue Jays hold on to early lead, top Pirates 3-2 in pre-season action

By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024

BRADENTON, Fla. – Justin Turner and Kevin Kiermaier both homered in the first inning as the Toronto Blue Jays held on to an early lead to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 in pre-season action on Thursday. Turner’s home run was a two-run shot that opened the scoring for Toronto (12-13). Ricky Tiedemann (1-0) earned the ... Read More »

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Streelman puts his new gadget to use on the greens. He leads at Innisbrook with 64

By Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press on March 21st, 2024

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) – Kevin Streelman has a new ball marker to help with alignment that required USGA approval before he teed off Thursday in the Valspar Championship. He had 10 consecutive one-putt greens on his way to a 7-under 64 and a one-shot lead. Streelman took advantage of gorgeous weather while it lasts ... Read More »

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Canada’s Homan earns two more wins at world women’s curling championship

By Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024

SYDNEY, N.S. – Shortly after completing a near-flawless game early in round-robin play at the world women’s curling championship, Canada skip Rachel Homan returned to the ice for a late-night practice session. A few folks remained at ice level and all the spectators had departed. There was Homan, working overtime on a quiet Centre 200 ... Read More »

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Canada’s Aaliyah Edwards declares for 2024 WNBA Draft

By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024

Canada’s Aaliyah Edwards has declared for the WNBA Draft. The UConn Huskies senior forward made the announcement Thursday on social media with a video referring to this season’s NCAA women’s basketball tournament as her “last dance.” She had one year of eligibility remaining because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Edwards, of Kingston, Ont., has averaged career ... Read More »

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Former soccer star Robinho turns himself in to start serving 9-year prison sentence for rape

By Mauricio Savarese, The Associated Press on March 21st, 2024

SAO PAULO (AP) – Former soccer star Robinho turned himself in Thursday to start serving a nine-year prison sentence in his native Brazil more than 10 years after he was first accused of raping a woman in Italy. The 40-year-old Robinho left his apartment building in the beachfront city of Santos, outside Sao Paulo, in ... Read More »

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Edmonton Oilers sign forward Stefan to entry-level contract

By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024

EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers signed forward James Stefan to a three-year entry level contract Thursday. The six-foot, 185-pound Stefan registered career highs in goals (48), assists (51) and points this season with the Western Hockey League’s Portland Winterhawks. Stefan is fifth in the WHL in goals and ninth in points. Stefan, an undrafted free ... Read More »

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Japan’s Shoma Uno places first in men’s short program at world figure skating event

By Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024

MONTREAL – Japan’s Shoma Uno placed first in the men’s short program Thursday at the world figure skating championships. Uno, the two-time defending champion, led the pack with a 107.72 score at the Bell Centre. Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama ““ the 2022 Olympic silver medallist ““ was second (106.35) ahead of American Ilia Malinin (105.97). Roman ... Read More »

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