National Sports
Canadian men make two changes to roster for four-team tournament in Spain
By The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2023
Fullback Cooper Coats and hooker Austin Creighton have replaced Ciaran Breen and Dewald Kotze on Canada’s roster for La Vila International Rugby Cup in Spain. The 23rd-ranked Canadians play No. 19 Spain on Nov. 11 while the 18th-ranked U.S. take on No. 26 Brazil. The winners will face off for the title on Nov. 18 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dabrowski, Routliffe advance to doubles semis at year-ending WTA Finals
By The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2023
CANCÚN, Mexico – Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand advanced to the semifinals of the doubles event at the season-ending WTA Finals with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over sixth seeds Laura Siegemund of Germany and Vera Zvonareva of Russia on Wednesday. The match was a rematch of the U.S. Open women’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada to return to Olympic team show jumping with Pan American Games silver
By The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2023
SANTIAGO – Canada will return to Olympic team showing jumping next year in Paris. Canada’s riders and horses earned the team silver medal Wednesday at the Pan American Games to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games. Mario Deslauriers (Emerson), Tiffany Foster (Figor), Amy Millar (Truman) and Beth Underhill (Nikka vd Bisschop) finished behind victor United ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Tough to describe’: NHL players weigh in on what defines ‘hockey sense’
By Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2023
Tage Thompson had one definition. Leon Draisaitl offered a slightly different interpretation. The same went for Troy Terry, Jack Hughes and a host of other NHL players. Ask a locker room to define “hockey sense” – the nebulous term often thrown around to describe elite talent – and there’s likely going to be a wide ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Player’s death from a skate cut to the neck in England leads to more NHL talks on cut protection
By Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press on November 1st, 2023
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The death of American hockey player Adam Johnson from a skate blade to the neck in a game in England is leading to further discussions about cut-resistant protection in the NHL and other leagues. Commissioner Gary Bettman and Players’ Association executive director Marty Walsh touched based Sunday in the immediate aftermath ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dorion out as general manager of Ottawa Senators, Staios takes over on interim basis
By The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – Pierre Dorion is out as general manager of the Ottawa Senators. The NHL team made the announcement this afternoon at a press conference at Canadian Tire Centre. Steve Staios, the team’s president of hockey operations, will take over as interim GM. The move comes after the league docked the Senators a first-round draft ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hughes, Pettersson, Pastrnak named NHL’s three stars for October
By The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2023
NEW YORK – New Jersey centre Jack Hughes, Vancouver centre Elias Pettersson and Boston right-wing David Pastrnak have been named the NHL’s three stars of October. Hughes led the NHL with 13 assists and 18 points in eight games last month. It’s the most points by a Devils player through his first eight appearances of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senators to forfeit first-round pick for role in botched Dadonov trade
By The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2023
NEW YORK – The Ottawa Senators will forfeit a first-round draft pick for their role in the voided trade of Evgenii Dadonov from the Vegas Golden Knights to the Anaheim Ducks in March 2022, the NHL announced Wednesday. Ottawa originally dealt the winger to Vegas in July 2021, but failed to disclose Dadonov’s 10-team, no-trade ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bombers’ Brady Oliveira, Argos Chad Kelly finalists for CFL’s top player award
By The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2023
TORONTO – Rushing leader Brady Oliveira and record-setting quarterback Chad Kelly are the finalists for the CFL’s outstanding player award. The CFL unveiled its individual finalists Wednesday in voting conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and nine head coaches. The 5-10, 222-pound Oliveira, a Winnipeg native, led the CFL in rushing with 1,534 yards ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian skip Gushue sounds off on setup at WCF’s Pan Continental championships
By The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2023
Canada skip Brad Gushue says he doesn’t blame TSN for dropping television coverage of the Pan Continental Curling Championships. He says the broadcasting situation is one of many issues he has with the World Curling Federation event that has left him questioning whether he’d play in the competition in the future. Gushue says the WCF ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auger-Aliassime eliminated from Paris Masters after second-round loss to Tsitsipas
By The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2023
PARIS – Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime had his six-match winning streak ended Wednesday with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) loss to seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in second-round action at the Paris Masters tennis tournament. Auger-Aliassime had nine aces in the match but failed to make the most of his opportunities to break Tsitsipas’s serve. Tsitispas saved six ... Read More »
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