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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Ringette Association will be well represented at the 2026 Alberta Winter Games. Four Mustangs have been named to zone rosters for the 2026 provincial games hosted Feb. 13-16 in the Lakeland Region. The four Mustangs selected are goaltenders Emma Pinnell (Zone 4) and Jacqueline LeBlanc (Zone 6), forward Breanna Lanuk (Zone [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Manners maketh the man – but a new mask for a goaltender? That just completes the look. The Medicine Hat Tigers goaltenders got their new painted masks on Tuesday, allowing Jordan Switzer and Carter Casey to ditch the stark white masks for masks with personal designs. “They turned out really good, I really like [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News A back and forth affair Friday night in Red Deer ended on the side of the Rebels. The Medicine Hat Tigers scored two quick goals in the first and played comeback the rest of the way, ultimately falling 4-3 in the shootout. They came into the contest off a 6-2 win Wednesday [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb No better way to start a busy week than on a winning note. The Tigers kicked off their four-game week with a big 6-2 win Wednesday at Calgary over the Hitmen, the start of four games in five nights and the first of three against the Hitmen this week. “It was a huge one, [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs have the second half of the HJHL season to continue growing. The Cubs head into a two-game weekend that will be the halfway point of the season, sitting fourth in the South division with a 10-6-1 record. They’re just a point back of the Okotoks Bisons (10-6-2) and Strathmore Wheatland [...] Read More »

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Former U.S. Amateur champion Josele Ballester closed with a 6-under 65 for a three-shot victory Saturday in the Saudi International for his first professional victory. It was the final event of the International Series on the Asian Tour. Scott Vincent of Zimbabwe and Yosuki Asaji of Japan finished atop the [...] Read More »

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona was back at its beloved Camp Nou and produced a dominant 4-0 victory over 10-man Athletic Bilbao to add to the homecoming celebrations on Saturday. Some 45,000 fans were on hand as Europe’s largest soccer stadium re-opened at roughly half capacity. Camp Nou had been closed for over two years [...] Read More »

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — New Zealand extended its winning streak to 72 years against a Wales side which made the All Blacks sweat for their irresistible 52-26 win at Principality Stadium on Saturday. Both teams got what they wanted out of an entertaining one-sided match. The All Blacks, upended by 12 changes following the England [...] Read More »

LILLEHAMMER — Calgary’s Abigail Strate won the silver medal in the women’s large hill competition Saturday at the season-opening event of the World Cup ski jump circuit. The 24-year-old fought tricky conditions to land jumps of 129 and 121 metres for a two-heat total of 259.7 points. Nozomi Maruyama of Japan was first with 285.5 [...] Read More »

Liverpool’s Premier League title defense lurched deeper into crisis Saturday — losing 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest. A sixth defeat of the campaign left last season’s runaway champion 11th in the standings and eight points behind leader Arsenal, having played a game more. Goals from Murillo, Nicolo Savona and Morgan Gibbs-White at Anfield consigned [...] Read More »