National Sports
Canadian diver Wiens earns quota spot for Olympics after fifth-place worlds finish
By The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2024
DOHA, Qatar – Canada’s Rylan Wiens booked himself a ticket to the Paris Olympics on Saturday. The Saskatoon native finished fifth with 489.20 points in the men’s individual 10-metre platform diving event at the aquatics world championships, earning him the second quota spot. The first quota spot for the Games went to Nathan Zsombor-Murray, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian freestyle skiers Thenault, Nadeau earn World Cup bronze in aerials
By The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2024
LAC-BEAUPORT, Que. – Canadian freestyle skiers Marion Thenault and Emile Nadeau earned bronze medals on home snow in World Cup aerials action on Saturday. Thenault of Sherbrooke, Que., finished behind Karenna Elliott of the U.S., and Danielle Scott of Australia, who took gold and silver in the women’s event. Thenault sits in third in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at recent activity of Canadian women’s youth soccer teams
By The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2024
A look at recent Canadian women’s youth soccer team activity: Under-17 Aug. 16-31, 2023: Camp and CONCACAF U-17 qualifying matches in the Dominican Republic (Canada defeated Dominica 21-0 and Bermuda 9-0). Nov. 14-24, 2023: Camp in Portugal and two games against Portugal (Canada lost 2-0 and won 2-0). Ongoing: CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship, in Toluca, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Walman scores on penalty shot in OT to give Red Wings 4-3 win over Canucks
By Dana Gauruder, The Associated Press on February 10th, 2024
DETROIT (AP) – Jake Walman scored on a penalty shot 23 seconds into overtime and the Detroit Red Wings rallied from a two-goal, third-period deficit to beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Saturday. Walman was awarded the penalty shot after Quinn Hughes slashed him on a breakaway. Lucas Raymond, Daniel Sprong and Michael Rasmussen scored ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Weegar nets first career hat trick, Flames top Islanders 5-2
By By: Scott Charles, The Associated Press on February 10th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – MacKenzie Weegar recorded his first career hat trick and led the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 win against the New York Islanders on Saturday. Jonathan Huberdeau and Blake Coleman also scored to help Calgary extend its season-high winning streak to four games. Jacob Markstrom finished with 35 saves and also registered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!With veteran skip nursing knee injury, Camm to join Howard’s Ontario team at Brier
By Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2024
With their skip still nursing a knee injury, the members of Team Glenn Howard are adding a player to their squad for the upcoming Montana’s Brier. Mat Camm, who normally throws third stones on John Epping’s team, will wear Ontario colours with the Penetanguishene, Ont.,-based side for the March 1-10 national men’s curling championship at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tyler Seguin scores twice as Stars hold off Canadiens for 3-2 win
By Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2024
MONTREAL – Tyler Seguin scored twice as the Dallas Stars defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Saturday afternoon at Bell Centre. Thomas Harley also scored for Dallas (32-14-6), while Matt Duchene and Mason Marchment pitched in with two assists each. Starter Jake Oettinger made 18 saves after sitting out a 5-4 Stars loss to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CONCACAF U-17 Championship loss leaves questions about Canada Soccer youth funding
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2024
The final score read 2-1 after extra time, a heartbreaking loss to host Mexico at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship that ended Canada’s dream of making it to the FIFA U-17 World Cup. But plenty more went into the outcome than the 120 minutes of semifinal play Friday at the well-appointed headquarters of the Mexican ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian women’s water polo team inches closer to Olympic qualification at worlds
By The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2024
DOHA, Qatar – Canada’s women’s water polo team has inched one step closer to a potential Olympic qualification. Canada defeated New Zealand 14-12 in the round of 16 at the aquatics world championships on Saturday to advance into the quarterfinals. Canada will next face Spain on Monday for a spot in the semifinals. The Canadians ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dandjinou’s gold leads Canada’s three-medal day at short track speedskating World Cup
By The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2024
DRESDEN, Germany – William Dandjinou struck gold as part of a three-medal day for Canada at a short track speedskating World Cup event on Saturday. The Montreal native won the men’s 1,500 metres with a time of two minutes 11.460 seconds. It was Dandjinou’s third gold medal in the event this season. Belgium’s Stijn Desmet ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Afif hat trick secures Qatar back-to-back Asian Cup titles after 3-1 win against Jordan
By James Robson, The Associated Press on February 10th, 2024
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) – Akram Afif scored a hat trick of penalties to secure back-to-back Asian Cup titles for Qatar in a 3-1 win against Jordan on Saturday. The forward struck in the first half of the final and then twice after the break at Lusail Stadium to finish as the tournament’s leading scorer with ... Read More »
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