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Two Medicine Hat High School football teams kicked off their senior seasons in winning fashion. The Medicine Hat High Hawks and Crescent Heights Vikings picked up a pair of exhibition wins Thursday night. The Hawks beat Winston Churchill 40-0 at the Methanex Bowl. The Vikings, playing on the road, beat the Stettler Wildcats 16-0. The [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers’ defence will be their strength this season, returning all but one member of the 2025 championship core. It’s also setting up to be the toughest battle as training camp continues on. The Tigers boast a staggering five returning blueliners from the championship run last season, with 20-year-old Josh Van Mulligen, [...] Read More »

A pair of Medicine Hat cornholers returned from the 55+ Alberta Summer Games with medals in tow. Tom and Carol Simpson, who have owned and operated the South East Alberta Sundogs Cornhole League since 2023, competed at the 55+ Alberta Summer Games held in Leduc from Aug. 21-24. The Summer Games featured 1,100 participants competing [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The pedal is through the metal to start the Medicine Hat Tigers training camp. Camp opened Thursday at Co-op place with a pair of scrimmages between the 86 players all vying for a spot on the 2025-26 roster, or when it comes to prospects, their place in the organizational depth chart. It was the [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Monsignor McCoy Colts senior football team heads into the fall looking to continue taking strides. The Colts had a resurgence in 2024, finishing with an 8-3 record and falling one drive short of a South Zone title. They graduated a large class from that team but aren’t looking to rest on last year’s [...] Read More »

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham took its spending in the summer transfer window to around $40 million by signing Ben Sheaf from fellow Championship team Coventry on Monday. It is the latest statement signing by the Welsh club, which is owned by Hollywood celebrities Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, since securing an unprecedented three straight [...] Read More »

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Chase Briscoe made a big statement Sunday night with his second straight Southern 500 victory that he’s a serious contender for the NASCAR Cup Series title. Briscoe’s team, Joe Gibbs Racing, and his manufacturer, Toyota, also made statements at Darlington Raceway that this postseason would not be a Penske-paloooza runaway like [...] Read More »

Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic scored 23 points to lead Montenegro to a much-needed 87-81 victory over Sweden at the EuroBasket tournament. Also on Monday, Turkey extended its record to four group phase wins with a comfortable victory over Estonia. Vucevic also grabbed 15 rebounds and delivered four assists in Tampere, Finland, as Montenegro overcame [...] Read More »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The International Cricket Council has announced prize money of $13.88 million for the upcoming women’s ODI World Cup, almost a fourfold increase from the previous tournament. The 2022 women’s World Cup in New Zealand had an overall prize purse of $3.5 million while the men’s ODI World Cup in [...] Read More »

Palestine team members checked anxiously for news from home even while they were competing at the Para Cycling Road World Championships at the weekend. The two riders were part of the Gaza Sunbirds, a para cycling team established for Gaza residents who lost their limbs in conflicts with Israel. Mohammed Asfour nearly pulled out of [...] Read More »