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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Manta Rays had five swimmers compete at the provincial level this weekend in Edmonton. The local swim club raced at the 2025 ASSA provincial championship meet held Friday to Sunday. 7-8 girls Arianna Mori: Finished fifth in 100m individual medley, seventh in 50m breast, 10th in 25m breast and 12th in [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat U17 Thunder Red look to cap of their season atop Western Canada. The Thunder head to Westerns in Regina starting Thursday, looking to play through until Sunday and earn themselves a Western Canadian championship. “It’s what we worked all year for, from the start of the season our goal was to [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Playoffs in name only, is the Medicine Hat Mavericks focus heading into the WCBL postseason. The Mavs meet the Regina Red Sox in the first round of the playoffs, the third time in four years they’ve faced off in the first round, with Medicine Hat winning the first two matchups. Game 1 is tonight [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Western Canadian Baseball League playoffs get underway tonight with eight teams vying for the Harry Hallis Memorial Trophy. West Division Okotoks vs. Brooks The Okotoks Dawgs enter the playoffs looking for a fourth straight championships win, they lead the WCBL with eight title seasons. The Dawgs (40-16), top seed in the West division, [...] Read More »

Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Waves Swim Club sent three swimmers to the Alberta Summer Provincial Championships last weekend. All three of the local swim club’s racers made it to the finals of at least one event at the races held in Edmonton. Sydni Martens won three silver and two bronze medals, William Miller [...] Read More »

Disney’s profit and revenue climbed in its fiscal third quarter as the entertainment company continued to add subscribers to its streaming service and see strength at its domestic theme parks. It also raised its full-year adjusted earnings forecast on Wednesday and announced a deal with WWE that will see the sports entertainment company’s premium live [...] Read More »

KENNELBACH, Austria (AP) — Lindsey Vonn has added former ski great Aksel Lund Svindal to her coaching team as she prepares for next year’s Winter Olympics. The 40-year-old American skier, who won the gold medal in the downhill at the 2010 Games, returned to the sport last year with a new titanium knee and plans [...] Read More »

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Everton completed the signing of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall from Premier League rival Chelsea on Wednesday. The 26-year-old midfield player joined for a reported fee of around 25 million pounds ($33 million) and has signed a five-year contract. “Everton’s one of the biggest clubs in the country, and I think that in the [...] Read More »

Ever since the NFL announced it was looking to sell NFL Network and other media assets, ESPN had been seen as one of the favorites to make a deal. Nearly five years later, a framework is finally in place. The NFL announced Tuesday night that it has entered into a nonbinding agreement with ESPN. Under [...] Read More »

MONTREAL, Canada (AP) — Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina has spoken out about the deluge of hateful abuse she received online from frustrated gamblers after losing a match in Canada, including messages wishing her death and celebrating Russia killing her compatriots. Following her straight-sets loss to Naomi Osaka in the quarter-finals of the National Bank [...] Read More »