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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The CHL USA Prospects Challenge provided NHL scouts an opportunity to learn more about the CHL’s top draft-eligible players. It also gave those players an opportunity to pick up some lessons of their own. The second rendition of the two-game series saw the U.S. NTDP capture the challenge crown for the first time, winning [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb After their busiest week of the season, the Medicine Hat Tigers face another tough test this weekend. The Tigers kick off a two-game road trip tonight in Saskatoon against the Blades before they face the East division-leading Prince Albert Raiders. They hit the road four days removed from a week of four games in [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Team Miller defenced the home-ice territory last weekend at the Curling Centre. The Medicine Hat curling team of Lyndon Sherwick, Emmett Cook, Colby Sherwick and Ryker Miller won the men’s event at the U18 Bonspiel held at the Medicine Hat Curling Centre. They won their game 7-5. Team Roa of Calgary won the women’s [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs are putting things together at the right time of year. The Cubs enter a two-game home stand this weekend on a five-game win streak after beating their South division rival Okotoks Bisons and the North division co-leader Red Deer Vipers last weekend. They host the Strathmore Wheatland Kings tonight, sitting [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Boxing Club was represented in Vancouver last weekend. The local club sent Jacob Walne and Nate Vossler to B.C. for a pair of bouts. Vossler lost what coach Kerry Fahlman called an unpopular split decision to Griffyn Gooch from Quintet Boxing in the open 69 kg. elite category. Jacob Walne also [...] Read More »

Canadian forward David Ajagbe’s spot kick sent the University of Portland into the Sweet Sixteen at the NCAA men’s soccer tournament, dispatching the University of Denver in a penalty shootout. On Saturday, the 20-year-old sophomore from Surrey, B.C., looks to play another starring role as the eighth-seeded Pilots host Arizona’s Grand Canyon University. Ajagbe believes [...] Read More »

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United’s proposed new stadium has been named as a venue for the 2035 Women’s World Cup. A redeveloped Wrexham Racecourse Ground and Birmingham’s yet-to-be-built Powerhouse Stadium have also been included in the United Kingdom’s official bid, announced Friday. In total, 16 host cities have been included in the joint bid [...] Read More »

LONDON (AP) — R360, a proposed new rugby competition, is pushing back plans to launch its first season until 2028. The rebel group originally said earlier this year that it wanted to hold its first games in Sept. 2026. However, in a statement issued Friday R360 said its board and investors have “determined that a [...] Read More »

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The Game has had many upsets, including last year when Michigan stunned Ohio State as nearly 20-point underdogs. The top-ranked Buckeyes don’t want the 15th-ranked Wolverines to add to the long list Saturday at the Big House. If Michigan wins a fifth straight games in the rivalry, it would rank [...] Read More »

Franz Wagner fell in love with basketball as a kid in Germany when he went with his older brother, Moritz, to watch an under-19 game in Berlin. The Wagner brothers hadn’t even thought about playing professionally at that point. Local hoops was their first exposure to the sport and they were hooked. Fellow German Dirk [...] Read More »