National Sports
Canadian snowboarder Brearley wins World Cup gold in slopestyle
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2024
LAAX, Switzerland – Canadian snowboarders Liam Brearley and Cameron Spalding won gold and bronze, respectively, at a World Cup slopestyle event Saturday. The 20-year-old Brearley, from Gravenhurst, Ont., scored 89.93 points to win the competition by more than four points over Japan’s Ryoma Kimata (85.31). It was Brearley’s first career World Cup win. He’d previously ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Auger-Aliassime falls to Medvedev at Australian Open
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2024
MELBOURNE, Australia – Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime’s journey at the Australian Open ended in the third round after a straight-set loss of 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 to Daniil Medvedev on Saturday. Medvedev needed just over two hours to defeat Auger-Aliassime. The third-seeded Russian will now face Nuno Borges in the fourth round after he downed the 13th-seeded ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Top-ranked Iga Swiatek is out of the Australian Open after a 3rd-round loss to Linda Noskova
By John Pye, The Associated Press on January 20th, 2024
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Top-ranked Iga Swiatek is out of the Australian Open after a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 third-round loss to 50th-ranked Linda Noskova. Swiatek is a four-time major winner but has never been past the semifinals at Melbourne Park. Noskova is playing in the main draw of the Australian Open for the first time. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Firkus scores hat trick to lead Warriors to 5-3 win over Broncos
By The Canadian Press on January 19th, 2024
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – Jagger Firkus scored a hat trick to lead the Moose Jaw Warriors to a 5-3 win over the Swift Current Broncos in Western Hockey League action Friday night. Atley Calvert and Ethan Semeniuk had the other goals for Moose Jaw. HURRICANES 6 PATS 2 REGINA – Six different Lethbridge players tallied ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Friday, Jan. 19, 2024
By The Canadian Press on January 19th, 2024
Friday’s Scoreboard NHL New Jersey 4, Columbus 1 Carolina 4, Detroit 2 Minnesota 6, Florida 4 Chicago 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT — AHL Cleveland 4, Lehigh Valley 2 Hershey 4, Hartford 2 Laval 5, Belleville 2 Rochester 2, Utica 1 Syracuse 4, Providence 2 Chicago 4, Rockford 1 Grand Rapids 5, Manitoba 4 Milwaukee ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sweden’s Hasselborg beats Winnipeg’s Lawes to remain unbeaten at Co-op Canadian Open
By The Canadian Press on January 19th, 2024
RED DEER, Alta. – Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg defeated Winnipeg’s Kaitlyn Lawes 6-4 on Friday night to remain unbeaten at the Grand Slam of Curling’s Co-op Canadian Open. Hasselborg (4-0) secured the win when Lawes (1-3) rubbed a guard with her final throw of the eighth end. South Korea’s Eunjung Kim (3-1) posted a 7-2 win ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!George makes 34 saves for the shutout as Owen Sound blanks Kingston 3-0
By The Canadian Press on January 19th, 2024
KINGSTON, Ont. – Carter George made 34 saves for the shutout as Owen Sound downed Kingston 3-0 in Ontario Hockey League play Friday night. Declan Waddick scored a pair of goals and Ethan Burroughs added a single. Frontenacs goaltender Mason Vaccari stopped 21 shots. KNIGHTS 4 RANGERS 2 KITCHENER – Easton Cowan scored twice as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Elliot Vaillancourt wins World Cup silver in men’s moguls
By The Canadian Press on January 19th, 2024
VAL ST. COME – Canada’s Elliot Vaillancourt won silver Friday at the FIS freestyle moguls World Cup. Vaillancourt, from Drummondville, Que., finished in second place with a score of 82.37 points, just behind Sweden’s Walter Wallberg (84.92). Sweden’s Filip Gravenfors (77.70) took bronze. Mikael Kingsbury of Deux-Montagnes, Que., was 13th. Jakara Anthony (82.01) of Australia ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Connor Howe wins 1,500-metre gold on three-medal day for Canada at Four Continents
By The Canadian Press on January 19th, 2024
SALT LAKE CITY – Long-track speedskater Connor Howe won gold in the men’s 1,500 metres on Friday on a three-medal day for Canada at the ISU Four Continents Championships. Howe, from Canmore, Alta., finished first in one minute 43.19 seconds. American Emery Lehman took silver in 1:44.03 and Japan’s Ryota Kojima earned bronze in 1:44.40. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paquet’s two-point effort helps Armada to a 5-3 win over Remparts
By The Canadian Press on January 19th, 2024
BLAINVILLE, Que. – Thomas Paquet scored a goal and an assist as Blainville-Boisbriand Armada defeated the Québec Remparts 5-3 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League play Friday night. Justin Carbonneau, Mathis Cloutier, Olivier Lemieux and Xavier Villeneuve had the other goals for Blainville-Boisbriand. VOLTIGEURS 6 OCÉANIC 4 RIMOUSKI – Noah Reinhart scored twice as the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sam Burns shoots 61, leads The American Express with amateur Nick Dunlap in the hunt
By Greg Beacham, The Associated Press on January 19th, 2024
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) – Sam Burns shot the best round of his life with “RTR” shaved into the side of his head. The acronym for “Roll Tide Roll” was the LSU product’s follicular punishment for losing a bet with Justin Thomas. Alabama sophomore Nick Dunlap apparently took it literally, however: The 20-year-old amateur sensation ... Read More »
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