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Flames forward Dillon Dube on indefinite leave to attend to mental health
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2024
Calgary Flames forward Dillon Dube has been granted an indefinite leave to attend to his mental health, the team announced Sunday. The 25-year-old from Golden, B.C., is under the care of professionals, the Flames said in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter. Dube was not in Calgary’s lineup for Saturday’s 3-1 loss to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flames winger Dillon Dube on indefinite leave to attend to mental health
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2024
Calgary Flames winger Dillon Dube is on an indefinite leave from the team to attend his mental health. The 25-year-old from Golden, B.C., is under the care of professionals, the club says. Dube was not in Calgary’s lineup for Saturday’s 3-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers at the Saddledome. Dube was a second-round pick of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dricus Du Plessis wins middleweight title after gruelling war of attrition at UFC 297
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2024
TORONTO – Middleweight champion Sean Strickland and challenger Dricus (Stillknocks) Du Plessis had promised their UFC 297 showdown would be a war. “To the death,” crowed Strickland before the fight. It didn’t reach that stage, fortunately. But Du Plessis (21-2-0) arrived at the post-fight news conference early Sunday morning on crutches and with his right ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Dabrowski advances to women’s doubles quarters at Australian Open
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2024
MELBOURNE, Australia – Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe moved on to the women’s doubles quarterfinals on Sunday. The duo defeated China’s Xinyu Jiang and Hanyu Guo 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 in third-round action. Dabrowski and Routliffe led the way with four aces, while holding their opponents to none. The fourth seeds also had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!German skier Strasser takes Kitzbuehel slalom for 1st win in 2 years. Feller leads season standings
By The Associated Press on January 21st, 2024
KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) – German skier Linus Strasser got down on his knees and kissed the snow on an Austrian slope he has known since he was a child, with his wife Maria and their one-year-old daughter watching from the stands. Returning to the place where he learned to ski as a young boy, Strasser ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shiffrin gets career win 95 in first World Cup slalom after season-ending injury for rival Vlhova
By The Associated Press on January 21st, 2024
JASNA, Slovakia (AP) – Mikaela Shiffrin earned her record-extending career win 95 by triumphing in a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday, a day after the American ski star’s main rival sustained a season-ending injury. In the first race without Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova, Shiffrin edged out Croatian teenager Zrinka Ljutic by 0.14 seconds. Sweden’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Challenger Dricus du Plessis wins split decision over Sean Strickland at UFC 297
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2024
TORONTO – South African challenger Dricus (Stillknocks) Du Plessis dethroned middleweight champion Sean Strickland, winning a split decision after a five-round gruelling battle in the main event of UFC 297 Saturday night. The judges scored it 49-48, 48-49, 49-48 for Du Plessis. Strickland initially used his more technical striking to advantage, managing to handle Du ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oilers beat Flames for 13th straight win
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2024
CALGARY, Alta. (AP) – Sam Gagner broke a tie with a fluke goal early in the third period and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Saturday night for their 13th straight win to set the record for the longest winning streak by a Canadian team. From below the goal line near the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2024
Saturday’s Scoreboard NHL Edmonton 3 Calgary 1 Vancouver 6 Toronto 4 Winnipeg 2 Ottawa 1 (OT) Boston 9 Montreal 4 Tampa Bay 3 Buffalo 1 Colorado 7 Philadelphia 4 Arizona 3 Nashville 2 Dallas 6 New Jersey 2 St. Louis 3 Washington 0 San Jose 5 Anaheim 3 Vegas 3 Pittsburgh 2 Los Angeles 2 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oilers win 13th straight by dousing Flames 3-1
By Darren Haynes, The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2024
CALGARY – Sam Gagner’s fluke goal was the game winner and Stuart Skinner made 26 saves as the Edmonton Oilers won their 13th game in a row with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night over the Calgary Flames. The Oilers’ milestone is the longest win streak by a Canadian team in NHL history, passing the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Homan, Bottcher advance to Grand Slam finals
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2024
RED DEER, Alta. – Rachel Homan of Ottawa will be playing in Sunday night’s Grand Slam championship final at the Co-op Canadian Open. Homan, and her crew of third Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew and lead Sarah Wilkes, defeated Jennifer Jones’ Manitoba crew 8-3 in six ends in Saturday night’s semifinal. Homan scored three in ... Read More »
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