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sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Sylvan Lake Gulls are soaring to new heights. Sylvan Lake advanced to the WCBL finals Monday with an 8-4 win at home over the Okotoks Dawgs, punching their ticket to the championship series for the first time in their five-year existence. The Gulls’ finals appearance also ends a run of consecutive finals appearances [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Tigers were well represented at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup on Tuesday. The Ruck twins recorded their first points of the U18 tournament with a combined trio of assists in Canada’s 9-1 win over Switzerland. Markus had a pair of helpers, notching two assists on a pair of goals by Spokane Chiefs [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The four Medicine Hat Tigers playing at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup opened their tournaments Monday in winning fashion. Canada, with forwards Markus and Liam Ruck, beat Finland 5-3, and the United States, with forwards Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll and Noah Davidson, beat Czechia 6-3 on the first day of play at the U18 tournament hosted in [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U17 Thunder Red recorded two wins at Westerns in Regina over the weekend. The Thunder Red opened their Westerns play with a 9-2 win over Manitoba’s Central Energy. Gracie Eddy had three hits and four RBIs in the win. Ryleigh Jackiw had a pair of hits and an RBI. Adriene Campbell [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hat’s Keegan Kolody has found his new specialty race, one he’s captured national gold in. The 21-year-old track athlete captured a gold medal in the 800m Para ambulatory race at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Ottawa on Aug. 2. Kolody, losing his right shoe at the start of the race, ran [...] Read More »

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones credited an experimental trial drug for successfully treating advanced melanoma as he disclosed his cancer diagnosis publicly for the first time. Jones revealed his illness in a documentary, “America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys,” which will debut on Netflix next week. The 82-year-old Jones then [...] Read More »

UDINE, Italy (AP) — UEFA rolled out a banner with the message “Stop Killing Children. Stop Killing Civilians” ahead of the Super Cup between Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham on Wednesday. It was laid out in front of the teams before kickoff in the match at Stadio Friuli in Udine, Italy. “The message is loud and [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Toronto FC has traded midfielder Matty Longstaff to CF Montreal in exchange for striker Jules-Anthony Vilsaint and up to US$275,000 in general allocation money. Montreal will pay Toronto $225,000 in GAM this year and could send an additional $50,000 next year, depending on Longstaff’s roster status in 2026. The deal was announced by [...] Read More »

LONDON (AP) — The Premier League’s top official called for patience Wednesday while the seismic legal case involving Manchester City drags on into another season. City was charged by the league in February 2023 with more than 100 financial breaches, including providing misleading information about its sources of income. The case was heard by an [...] Read More »

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jacob Lopez struck out nine in seven shutout innings and Colby Thomas and Lawrence Butler each drove in a pair of runs as the Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-0 on Tuesday night. Lopez (5-6) allowed four hits and did not walk a batter. The 27-year-old left-hander retired 11 [...] Read More »