March 22nd, 2026

National Sports

Ekitike injured early in Liverpool’s match at Brighton in Premier League

By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike lasted less than eight minutes before hobbling off with a left leg injury in the Premier League game against Brighton on Saturday. The France international was hurt in a challenge by Brighton midfielder James Milner in the third minute. After receiving treatment, he tried to run it ... Read More »

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Pirovano completes World Cup downhill coup. Aicher reduces gap on Shiffrin to 95 points

By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026

KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) — Laura Pirovano won the last women’s World Cup downhill of the season on Saturday and secured the discipline title, a prize Lindsey Vonn was favorite to win until getting injured at the Olympics and ending her season prematurely. Pirovano’s only remaining challenger for the title, Emma Aicher, finished fifth, as the ... Read More »

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Japan wins the Women’s Asian Cup, beating Australia 1-0 on Hamano’s early strike

By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026

SYDNEY (AP) — Maika Hamano’s first-half strike propelled Japan to the Women’s Asian Cup title with a 1-0 win over Australia on Saturday at Sydney’s Stadium Australia. The 21-year-old Hamano, on loan at Tottenham from Chelsea, took a pass from the left with her back to goal, turned and launched a powerful strike from outside ... Read More »

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Paris wins last downhill of World Cup season, week after Odermatt locked up discipline title

By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026

KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) — Italian veteran Dominik Paris beat Olympic champion Franjo von Allmen on Saturday to win the men’s downhill at the World Cup finals, a week after Marco Odermatt had locked up the season title in the discipline. Now a record five-time downhill winner in Kvitfjell, Paris showed his class on the Olympiabakken ... Read More »

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Wimbledon introduces video review on six courts for this year’s tournament

By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026

LONDON (AP) — Wimbledon will use video review technology for the first time at this year’s tournament, the All England Club announced Saturday. The oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament will have the technology available on Centre Court, No. 1 Court — the club’s second-biggest stadium — plus four other show courts. Players will be allowed ... Read More »

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Flames’ Olofsson making most of opportunity after ‘shocking’ trade from Avalanche

By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026

CALGARY — 
Going from first to nearly worst has been an adjustment for Victor Olofsson, but he’s handled it like a pro. Olofsson’s first goal for Calgary was the winner on Friday as the former Colorado Avalanche winger led the Flames to a 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers. “It was a little bit shocking,” ... Read More »

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‘A learning experience’: Woll looking to finish strong with Maple Leafs

By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026

TORONTO — Joseph Woll didn’t expect to be in this position. The Maple Leafs goaltender — like the rest of his teammates — thought the Original Six club would be in the thick of a playoff race down the stretch. Toronto’s season all but lost after a disastrous stretch coming out of the Olympic break, ... Read More »

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Number of perfect March Madness brackets dwindles into the hundreds after the first round

By Canadian Press on March 20th, 2026

The odds of a picking perfect NCAA Tournament bracket are astronomical for a reason. The number of unblemished entries in ESPN’s bracket challenge dropped to 195 after the completion of the first round, even with all the high-seeded favorites winning — and defending national champion Florida doing it by 59 points against Prairie View A&M, ... Read More »

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Sports scores and schedule for March 20, 2026

By Canadian Press on March 20th, 2026

Friday’s Scoreboard NHL Carolina 4 Toronto 3 (OT) Washington 2 New Jersey 1 Colorado 4 Chicago 1 Calgary 4 Florida 1 Anaheim 4 Utah 1 — AHL Laval 4 Springfield 1 WB/Scranton 2 Belleville 1 Providence 4 Utica 3 Syracuse 5 Rochester 3 Grand Rapids 4 Rockford 2 Iowa 4 Ontario 1 San Diego 7 ... Read More »

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Tarris Reed Jr. has 31 points and 27 rebounds as No. 2 UConn beats Furman 82-71 in NCAA Tournament

By Canadian Press on March 20th, 2026

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tarris Reed Jr. had 31 points and 27 rebounds in a dominant NCAA Tournament performance, leading second-seeded UConn to an 82-71 victory over Furman team on Friday night in the first round. Alex Karaban added 22 points for UConn (30-5), which advanced to play UCLA in the second round of the East ... Read More »

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Thorns down NWSL rival Reign 2-0 despite a pair of red cards

By Canadian Press on March 20th, 2026

Pietra Tordin and Reilyn Turner each had a goal and the Portland Thorns downed the Seattle Reign 2-0 on Friday night despite having two players sent off with red cards. It was the 44th match between the two Pacific Northwest National Women’s Soccer League rivals. It was played before a record crowd of 21,321 fans ... Read More »

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