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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Cubs had themselves quite a weekend. The Cubs beat the Okotoks Bisons on the road Saturday before beating the co-North division leader Red Deer Vipers on Sunday at the Kinplex. The pair of weekend wins give the Cubs a five-game win streak through the middle of November. On Saturday they beat [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat College Women’s hockey team recorded a pair of wins over the weekend – the back-to-back wins in the young program’s history. The Rattlers had a two-game home-and-home set against the SAIT Trojans, winning 4-3 on the road Friday before blanking the Trojans 2-0 on Saturday. Zayda Summach scored twice in Friday’s [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Crescent Heights Vikings varsity girls volleyball team will head to provincials after a nail-biter of a Zones win. The Vikings beat the Monsignor McCoy Colts in a five-set South Zone final on Saturday at McCoy school, capturing a second straight 3A South Zone championship. They’ll head to provincials in Grande Prairie on Nov. [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers’ weekend slate would satisfy even the Rolling Stones.\ The Tigers capped off a stretch of four games in five days and a three-in-three with a 3-2 overtime win Sunday at Calgary over the Hitmen. That win came after the Tigers rattled off three straight goals Saturday to force overtime at [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com CALGARY The CHL USA Prospects Challenge got underway Monday with the teams lone practice before the pair of games begin. Both Team CHL and the U.S. National Under-18 Team practised Monday at Calgary’s Winsport Arena ahead of the first of the two-game series, Tuesday at Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome. Medicine Hat Tigers head coach Willie [...] Read More »

Quarterbacks Drew Brees and Philip Rivers, along with wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, tight end Jason Witten and running back Frank Gore made it to the semifinal stage in their first year of eligibility for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The five newcomers are among the 26 modern era candidates who advanced to this stage [...] Read More »

PARIS (AP) — Ousmane Dembélé trained with his PSG teammates on Tuesday and could make his return from injury for the Champions League match against Tottenham this week. The Ballon d’Or winner has not played since he was forced off injured midway through the first half of PSG’s 2-1 home loss to Bayern Munich in [...] Read More »

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — At a temple in Ancient Olympia, a flame is drawn from the sun to begin its journey to the Winter Games. The choreographed ceremony inspired by ancient Greece is designed to link the original games to today’s global competition. On Friday, the flame will be kindled once more for the [...] Read More »

JEONJU, South Korea (AP) — Former Tottenham defender Mauricio Taricco will resign as assistant coach of South Korean champion Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors after receiving a five-match ban for an alleged racist gesture during a K League game, the club said Tuesday. On Nov. 8 as Jeonbuk faced Daejeon Hana, the Argentine assistant was sent off [...] Read More »

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Chasing an improbable 549-run target, India was down to 27-2 at stumps on Day 4 of the second cricket test against South Africa. India lost its openers early — Yashasvi Jaiswal was caught behind for 13 runs, while Lokesh Rahul was bowled for six. At end of play, Sai Sudharsan (2 [...] Read More »