National Sports
Gilles, Poirier open Skate Canada with top score of the season, Japan leads women’s
By Nick Wells, The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Competing for the first time since sharing her ovarian cancer diagnosis, ice dancer Piper Gilles and her skating partner Paul Poirier recorded the best score of the Grand Prix season so far. The pair finished top of the rhythm dance program section at Skate Canada International with 87.55 points, comfortably ahead of Great ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beach volleyball duo, flag-bearers Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson earn Pan Am Games silver
By Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2023
SANTIAGO – Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson believe their new bond on and off the beach volleyball court strengthened at the Pan American Games. A year after the former university indoor volleyball teammates formed a beach partnership, the Toronto duo won Canada’s first Pan Am Games medal in women’s beach volleyball with a silver Friday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Auger-Aliassime moves into semifinal at Swiss Indoors
By The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2023
BASEL, Switzerland – Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime secured his spot in the semifinals at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament Friday with a 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-6 (1) victory over Alexander Shevchenko. Auger-Aliassime, ranked 19th in the world, needed two hours and 36 minutes to down the Russian qualifier. The Canadian fired 16 aces in the match. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Japan’s Sakamoto leads women at Skate Canada after short program; Canadians struggle
By The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto set the tone for the women’s short program at the Skate Canada International on Friday. The reigning world champion had a total score of 75.13 in her short program, nearly five points clear of second place Chaeyeon Kim, of South Korea, who made her Grand Prix debut. Sakamoto was pleased ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Waterloo rivals to meet in U Sports football playoffs as Warriors face Golden Hawks
By Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2023
The Waterloo Warriors used their last game of the regular season to squeak into the U Sports football playoffs with a 3-5 record. Their reward is a daunting first-round matchup against a longtime crosstown rival. The 7-1 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks will host the Warriors in an Ontario quarterfinal on Saturday at University Stadium. “It’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The CFL suspended B.C. defensive lineman Sione Teuhema for one game
By The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2023
TORONTO – The CFL suspended B.C. defensive lineman Sione Teuhema for one game Friday following an incident in last week’s 41-16 loss to the Calgary Stampeders. The six-foot-four, 249-pound Teuhema received the suspension for making unnecessary head contact with Calgary offensive lineman D’Antne Demery, then striking him. Teuhema was ejected from the game. Teuhema, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redblacks look to end another disappointing season with a win over first-place Argos
By Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – With the playoffs out of reach for a fourth straight year, the Ottawa Redblacks will have to settle for attempting to end the season on a high note with a win over the league-leading Toronto Argonauts. The Argos (15-2) have a chance to set a franchise record for most wins if they beat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The greatest Rugby World Cup final? Huge expectations for All Blacks-Springboks showdown
By Gerald Imray, The Associated Press on October 27th, 2023
The ultimate Rugby World Cup final. That’s the promise. Saturday’s 106th showdown between gigantic rivals New Zealand and South Africa has elevated rugby’s biggest game – if that was at all possible – to a potential do-you-remember-where-you-were moment for everyone who follows the sport, young or old, from New Zealand, South Africa or elsewhere. Through ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tyson Fury tries to provoke Francis Ngannou at weigh-in before Saudi Arabia fight
By The Associated Press on October 27th, 2023
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – Tyson Fury compared himself to Novak Djokovic after going face-to-face with Francis Ngannou at their weigh-in on Friday. The towering Brit dismissed the punching threat posed by Ngannou, a former UFC star who will make his professional boxing debut Saturday at age 37. “It’s like a table tennis champion facing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jasmine Suwannapura stays in the lead after two rounds of the LPGA tournament in Malaysia
By The Associated Press on October 27th, 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – First-round leader Jasmine Suwannapura trailed on the leaderboard for most of the day Friday but emerged with a one-stroke lead going into the third round of the Maybank Championship on the LPGA Tour. Suwannapura shot a second-round 3-under 69 for a two-round total of 12-under 132 on the Kuala Lumpur ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘A roller-coaster’: Maxime Deschamps speaks out about ADHD in figure skating
By Nick Wells, The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Getting to know your skating partner can be difficult and time consuming process, say Canadians Maxime Deschamps and Deanna Stellato-Dudek, and doing so involves lots of trust and care. Which makes being honest about health conditions important for success. Deschamps said he suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, colloquially known as ADHD, which ... Read More »
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