National Sports
Canadian ski jumper Alexandria Loutitt wins World Cup bronze in Slovenia
By The Canadian Press on January 27th, 2024
LJUBNO, Slovenia – Canada’s Alexandria Loutitt captured World Cup bronze in women’s ski jumping on Saturday for her sixth podium finish of the season. The 20-year-old from Calgary posted a two-jump total of 258.9 points in the normal hill competition to finish behind gold medallist Eva Pinkelnig of Austria and silver medallist Nika Prevc of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian rugby women beaten by Britain at HSBC Perth Sevens tournament
By The Canadian Press on January 27th, 2024
PERTH, Australia – Canada’s rugby sevens women lost a tight Cup quarterfinal 7-0 to Britain at the HSBC Perth Sevens on Saturday, dropping into placement play. The Canadian women had lost 14-12 to Britain in Pool A action Friday, bouncing back later in the day to defeat South Africa 26-7. That 1-1-0 record earned them ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aryna Sabalenka clinches back-to-back Australian Open titles with a victory over Zheng Qinwen
By John Pye, The Associated Press on January 27th, 2024
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – In the back of her mind Aryna Sabalenka didn’t want to be, in her words, that player who wins a major title and disappears. Winning her first Grand Slam crown in Australia a year ago gave Sabalenka the confidence she could do it again. Losing the U.S. Open final last September ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aryna Sabalenka beats Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-2 to clinch back-to-back Australian Open titles
By John Pye, The Associated Press on January 27th, 2024
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Aryna Sabalenka clinched back-to-back Australian Open titles with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Zheng Qinwen on Saturday in a one-sided women’s final. The No. 2-seeded Sabalenka broke Zheng’s serve in the second game and took the first set in 33 minutes. She broke again to start the second set and maintained ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Friday, Jan. 26, 2024
By The Canadian Press on January 27th, 2024
Friday’s Games NHL Vegas 5 NY Rangers 2 Florida 3 Pittsburgh 2 (SO) Colorado 5 Los Angeles 1 St. Louis 4 Seattle 3 (OT) — PWHL Toronto 2 New York 0 — AHL Syracuse 4 Laval 2 Bakersfield 4 Abbotsford 3 Grand Rapids 3 Belleville 0 San Jose 3 Calgary 0 Hartford 4 Cleveland 2 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Garrett stops 33 shots as Calgary Hitmen down Brandon Wheat Kings 8-0
By The Canadian Press on January 27th, 2024
CALGARY – Alex Garrett stopped 33 shots as the Calgary Hitmen defeated the Brandon Wheat Kings 8-0 in Western Hockey League play Friday night. Maxim Muranov and Ben Kindel led the way offensively for Calgary (19-18-5-1) with two goals apiece. Oliver Tulk, Ethan Moore, Tyson Greenway and Carson Wetsch had the others. Elsewhere, it was: ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McNamara, Battaglia both score twice as Frontenacs earn 10-0 win over Icedogs
By The Canadian Press on January 26th, 2024
Luke McNamara and Jacob Battaglia scored two goals apiece to power the Kingston Frontenacs to a 10-0 victory over the Niagara Icedogs in an Ontario Hockey League game Friday night. Ethan Miedema, Adam Cavallin, Quinton Burns, Jakub Chromiak, Jax Dubois and Nathan Poole had the other goals for Kingston (21-21-1-0). Goaltender Kyle Downey stopped 13 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rousseau stops 25 shots to lead Halifax Mooseheads past Charlottetown Islanders 4-0
By The Canadian Press on January 26th, 2024
HALIFAX – Mathis Rousseau stopped 25 shots to lead the Halifax Mooseheads to a 4-0 win over the Charlottetown Islanders in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Friday night. Mathieu Cataford led the way offensively for Halifax (29-11-6-1) with two goals. Lou-Felix Denis and Dylan MacKinnon also scored for the winners. In other action, it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigns from WWE parent company after ex-employee files sex abuse suit
By The Associated Press on January 26th, 2024
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) – Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned Friday from WWE’s parent company t he day after a former employee filed a federal lawsuit accusing him and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct, including offering her to a star wrestler for sex. McMahon stepped down from the his position as executive chairman of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bucks officially announce they have hired Doc Rivers as their coach
By Steve Megargee, The Associated Press on January 26th, 2024
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Doc Rivers is about to resume his coaching career at a place where his jersey hangs from the rafters. The Milwaukee Bucks officially announced Friday night they had hired Rivers to take over for Adrian Griffin, who was fired on Tuesday after only 43 games. Rivers played from 1980-83 at Marquette, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Golden Knights skate past Rangers behind Marchessault’s hat trick
By The Associated Press on January 26th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Jonathan Marchessault scored three times, Adin Hill stopped 36 shots and the surging Vegas Golden Knights beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Friday night. Keegan Kolesar and Sheldon Rempal also scored to help Vegas improve to 5-0-1 in its last six games. Ivan Barbashev had three assists and Nicolas Roy ... Read More »
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