National Sports
Thai golfer Arpichaya Yubol shoots 8-under 64 to take a 1-stroke lead at the LPGA Shanghai
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
SHANGHAI (AP) — Arpichaya Yubol shot a bogey-free 8-under 64 Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA’s Shanghai tournament. The Thai player, whose career-best round is a 61, had four birdies on each of the front and back nines on the Qizhong Garden Golf Club. Minjee Lee, who won ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sabalenka’s Wuhan winning streak reaches 19 matches, Pegula also advances
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
WUHAN, China (AP) — U.S. Open champion Aryna Sabalenka’s winning streak at the Wuhan Open rolled on to 19 matches when she beat Liudmila Samsonova 6-3, 6-2 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000-level tournament. Top-ranked Sabalenka’s streak includes winning titles at Wuhan in 2018, 2019 and 2024. Earlier, Jessica Pegula recovered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver Rise beat Ottawa Rapid 2-0 in Desiree Scott’s regular-season home finale
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — Latifah Abdu and Jessica De Filippo scored as Vancouver Rise FC defeated Ottawa Rapid FC 2-0 in Desiree Scott’s regular-season home finale on Wednesday. Scott, a longtime Canadian women’s national team midfielder who’s known as “The Destroyer,” will retire at season’s end after spending the league’s inaugural campaign with Ottawa. Ottawa Mayor Mark ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flames rally for victory over Oilers, continue streak of season-opening wins
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
EDMONTON — The Calgary Flames continued their habit of starting strong, even if they needed a couple breaks to keep their season-opening win streak alive. Nazem Kadri scored the shootout winner in the eighth round to lift Calgary to a 4-3 victory over the rival Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. Matvei Gridin, Connor Zary and Blake ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL Roundup: Gordon-Carroll scores twice as Tigers defeat Oil Kings
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
MEDICINE HAT — Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll scored twice as the Medicine Hat Tigers defeated the Edmonton Oil Kings 5-2 on Wednesday in the Western Hockey League. Jonas Woo, Dayton Reschny and Misha Volotovskii all scored once for Medicine Hat. Tigers netminder Jordan Switzer saved 25 of 27 shots. Andrew O’Neill and Gavin Hodnett replied for Edmonton. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aces try to secure WNBA Finals victory over the Mercury
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
Las Vegas Aces (30-14, 16-8 Western Conference) at Phoenix Mercury (27-17, 13-11 Western Conference) Phoenix; Friday, 8 p.m. EDT WNBA FINALS: Aces lead series 3-0 BOTTOM LINE: The Las Vegas Aces look to clinch the series over the Phoenix Mercury in game four of the WNBA Finals. The Aces beat the Mercury 90-88 in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Phillies’ big three come alive to stave off elimination against Dodgers
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With the Philadelphia Phillies facing elimination, the team’s struggling big three saved the season in a big way, at least for another day. Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper and Trea Turner combined for seven hits and five RBIs to lead the Phillies to an 8-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ingram scores 21, Raptors beat Kings 130-122 in NBA pre-season
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
SACRAMENTO — Brandon Ingram scored a game-high 21 points as the Toronto Raptors topped the Sacramento Kings 130-122 in their second NBA pre-season outing on Wednesday. Ingram shot 7-of-15 from the floor, adding six rebounds and three assists with zero turnovers in 23 minutes. Ja’Kobe Walter added 15 points, two rebounds and three assists off ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jessica Pegula advances to Wuhan Open quarterfinals
By Canadian Press on October 9th, 2025
WUHAN, China (AP) — Jessica Pegula recovered an early service break in the third set Thursday to beat Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 and advance to the quarterfinals at the Wuhan Open. Pegula, who lost in the China Open semifinals last week, leveled the deciding set at 2-2, then won four of the last five ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kadri scores shootout winner, Flames rally for 4-3 season-opening win over Oilers
By Canadian Press on October 8th, 2025
EDMONTON — Nazem Kadri scored the shootout winner in the eighth round as the Calgary Flames came back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 and spoil their home opener Wednesday. Matvei Gridin, Connor Zary and Blake Coleman scored in regulation for the Flames (1-0), who narrowly missed out on the playoffs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shohei Ohtani’s postseason struggles continue as Dodgers fall to Phillies in Game 3
By Canadian Press on October 8th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani remains mired in a postseason hitting funk, going 0 for 5 for the Los Angeles Dodgers in their 8-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 3 of the NL Division Series on Wednesday night. The Dodgers lead the best-of-five series, 2-1, despite Ohtani’s lack of offense. He is ... Read More »
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