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Roughriders look for better execution against Argos as they try to end six-game skid
By Jeff DeDekker, The Canadian Press on October 20th, 2023
REGINA – Regardless of where they are in the CFL playoff picture, the Saskatchewan Roughriders know they need their execution to be better on Saturday to get out of their current funk. The Roughriders carried a six-game losing streak into a home game against the Toronto Argonauts, who have clinched first place in the East ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Deschamps wins World Cup big air opener with top qualifying score
By The Canadian Press on October 20th, 2023
CHUR, Switzerland – Canada’s Dylan Deschamps was awarded the men’s gold medal at the opening big air freestyle skiing World Cup stop of the season after Friday’s runs were cancelled due to wet weather. Thursday’s qualifying runs stood as the official results. Deschamps, from Quebec City, qualified first in the men’s event with a score ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Argos president Manning has plenty to be happy with, on and off the football field
By Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press on October 20th, 2023
TORONTO – President Bill Manning has plenty to be happy about regarding the Toronto Argonauts. Toronto (14-2) boasts the CFL’s best record and could tie the league’s single-season record by winning its final two regular-season contests. Another victory would match the franchise best established in 1996-97 when late head coach Don Matthews and all-star quarterback ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto FC’s final game of the MLS season marks both a beginning and an end
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on October 20th, 2023
TORONTO – Saturday’s regular-season finale against visiting Orlando City represents both a beginning and an end for Toronto FC. Former Canada coach John Herdman takes charge on the Toronto sideline for the first time while captain Michel Bradley takes the field for the last time. Herdman brought the entire backroom staff out to a rainy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Haudenosaunee Lacrosse team one step away from achieving Olympic dreams
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on October 20th, 2023
The Haudenosaunee Nationals are one step away from achieving a decades-long dream. Lacrosse was restored to the Olympics program on Monday, with men’s and women’s versions of the game to be played at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Because lacrosse was created by the Haudenosaunee people centuries before European colonizers arrived in North America, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal government denies teenage surfing prodigy’s bid for Canadian citizenship
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on October 20th, 2023
Teenage surfing prodigy Erin Brooks, has had her bid for Canadian citizenship turned down by the federal government. The 16-year-old Brooks was born in Texas and grew up in Hawaii but has Canadian ties through her father Jeff, who is a dual American-Canadian citizen. Brooks, who won a silver medal at the ISA World Surfing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada beats Australia, advances to semifinals at mixed curling worlds
By The Canadian Press on October 20th, 2023
ABERDEEN, United Kingdom – Canada advanced to the semifinals of the world mixed doubles curling championship with a 7-3 win over Australia on Friday. Felix Asselin’s team from suburban Montreal started swiftly with two points in the first, followed by steals of one and two in the following ends. Australia got on the board in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Africa and England meet again at the Rugby World Cup in rematch of 2019 final
By Steve Douglas, The Associated Press on October 20th, 2023
They’re the reigning world champions. They’re the No. 1 team in the world. They’ve just dumped out the highly fancied home nation in a Rugby World Cup epic. No wonder the Springboks are big favorites heading into their semifinal against England in Paris on Saturday. The English are trying not to think that way, though. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CF Montreal looks to advance to MLS playoffs with road win over Crew on Decision Day
By Elias Grigoriadis, The Canadian Press on October 20th, 2023
MONTREAL – After the departure of several key players and coach of the year nominee Wilfried Nancy, and a seemingly never-ending injury crisis, the odds were against CF Montreal entering Decision Day occupying a playoff spot. However, that is exactly where the Major League Soccer club finds itself heading into its regular-season finale Saturday on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tributes pour in for Sinclair in wake of plans to retire from international game
By The Canadian Press on October 20th, 2023
The greatest ever. The goat. Tributes were quick to pour in Friday after news broke that Canada captain Christine Sinclair is retiring from international football at the end of the year. “Simply put, she has single-handedly put Canadian soccer on the map,” said former Canada teammate Rhian Wilkinson, who coached Sinclair at Portland. “Her legacy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pan Am Games a Park family affair, three siblings coached by father in taekwondo
By Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press on October 20th, 2023
SANTIAGO, Chile – Jae Park has a family-sized job ahead of him at the Pan American Games. He’ll coach his three children Skylar, Tae-Ku and Braven in taekwondo on opening weekend in Santiago, Chile. “People tell me it’s unique and special, and it is special, but my focus is on the Games still and the ... Read More »
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