National Sports
Ukraine’s Anna Voloshyna named new head coach of Canadian artistic swim team
By The Canadian Press on January 15th, 2024
MONTREAL – Anna Voloshyna is the new head coach of Canada’s artistic swim team, but doesn’t start the job until after February’s world aquatics championships. The Ukrainian is an assistant coach for the U.S. team and her contract with the U.S. federation includes the world championship in Doha, Qatar. Voloshyna will join the Canadian team ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mixed results for Canadian players on Day 2 at Australian Open
By The Canadian Press on January 15th, 2024
MELBOURNE, Australia – Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime outlasted Austria’s Dominic Thiem 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 5-7, 6-3 on a mixed day for Canadians on Monday at the Australian Open. Auger-Aliassime, the No. 27 seed, needed four hours 59 minutes to complete the first-round victory, which ended just before 2 a.m. local time at Melbourne Park. Earlier, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gymnastics body gives neutral status to 30 Belarusians but path to Paris Olympics is still unclear
By The Associated Press on January 15th, 2024
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) – The International Gymnastics Federation has granted neutral status to 30 athletes and officials from Belarus allowing them to take part in international competitions, although it is unclear how they could qualify for the Paris Olympics. The only Belarusian gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, trampoline gymnast Ivan Litvinovich, was one of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada men thumped by Germany in opening game at Olympic field hockey qualifier
By The Canadian Press on January 15th, 2024
STOCKHOLM – The Canadian men’s field hockey team’s bid for Olympic qualification got off to a tough start Monday with a 9-0 loss to Germany at an FIH Olympic Qualifier. The fifth-ranked Germans are the class of Pool B, which is made up of the 17th-ranked Canadians, No. 10 New Zealand and No. 22 Chile. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Osaka’s Grand Slam comeback ends in 1st-round loss to Garcia, Gauff advances at Australian Open
By John Pye, The Associated Press on January 15th, 2024
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Naomi Osaka waved to the crowd and walked back up the players’ tunnel past the images of former champions after her Grand Slam comeback ended in a first-round loss at the Australian Open to 16th-seeded Caroline Garcia. It was too early this time. Three matches into her return from 15 months ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shapovalov swept aside by teen qualifier in Australian Open
By The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2024
MELBOURNE, Australia – Denis Shapovalov’s return to competitive tennis didn’t go as planned Sunday night as the 24-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., was bounced from the Australian Open in straight sets. Eighteen-year-old qualifier Jakub Mensik of Czechia defeated the Canadian 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 in a match that took two hours, 20 minutes to play. Shapovalov, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sports scoreboard for Sunday, Jan. 14, 2023
By The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2024
Sunday’s Scoreboard NHL N.Y. Rangers 2 Washington 1 Detroit 4 Toronto 2 — PWHL New York 3 Minnesota 2 — AHL Belleville 6 Toronto 2 Providence 2 Bridgeport 0 Chicago 4 Texas 1 — NFL Playoffs Green Bay 48 Dallas 32 Detroit 24 L.A. Rams 23 — NBA Milwaukee 143 Sacramento 142 (OT) Denver 117 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sorensen named to Canadian figure skating team for Four Continents
By The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2024
CALGARY – Nikolaj Sorensen and Laurence Fournier Beaudry have been named to Canada’s figure skating team for the Four Continents championship later this month. Sorensen and Fournier Beaudry withdrew from the Canadian championship that concluded with Sunday’s gala event in Calgary after USA Today reported an American figure skating coach and former skater accused Sorensen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NHL roundup: Rangers end four-game skid with 2-1 win over Capitals
By The Associated Press on January 14th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Artemi Panarin and Alexis Lafreniere scored first-period goals and Igor Shesterkin made 24 saves as the New York Rangers snapped a four-game NHL losing streak with a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals on Sunday. T.J. Oshie scored for Washington, which completed its season series with New York. Both teams won ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Murray rallies to win Sony Open in three-way playoff; Taylor finishes 3 shots back
By Doug Ferguson, The Associated Press on January 14th, 2024
HONOLULU (AP) – Grayson Murray is a PGA Tour winner again and feels better than ever about his future. The gold trophy he won Sunday at the Sony Open with a 40-foot birdie putt in a playoff is only a small reason for that. Murray has been sober for eight months, tired of alcohol fuelling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Copp, Red Wings hand Maple Leafs third consecutive defeat with 4-2 setback
By Abdulhamid Ibrahim, The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2024
TORONTO – Andrew Copp scored the game-winning goal with 1:40 remaining in the third period and the Detroit Red Wings handed the Toronto Maple Leafs their third straight loss with a 4-2 decision on Sunday. Dylan Larkin, Daniel Sprong and Lucas Raymond added the other goals for Detroit (22-16-5), which won for the fifth time ... Read More »
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