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Canadian mixed doubles curling championship down to final eight

FREDERICTON - The Canadian mixed doubles curling championship quarterfinal matchups were set after play-in games Thursday. Nancy Martin and Steve Laycock, Ryan and Madison Kleiter, Aaron and Amanda Sl...

Mar 21, 2024

Put up your Dukes! No. 11 seed Duquesne provides some March Madness with NCAA upset of BYU

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Dae Dae Grant scored 19 points, including four clinching free throws in the final 10 seconds, and No. 11 seed Duquesne kept retiring coach Keith Dambrot working for a little bit lon...

Mar 21, 2024

In Japan, Ohtani's 'perfect person' image could take a hit with firing of interpreter over gambling

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Shohei Ohtani is referred to in Japan as "kanpeki no hito" - the perfect person - because of his manners and impeccable behavior. That image may have taken a hit when the Dod...

Mar 21, 2024

Former Quebec junior hockey players to be sentenced in July for sex assault of teen

QUEBEC - A Quebec judge will deliver sentences in July for two former Quebec major junior hockey players who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a minor in June 2021 at a hotel as their team celebra...

Mar 21, 2024

Canadians in NCAA Women's Frozen Four focused on national title, eye PWHL future

Jennifer Gardiner used to get asked about plans for the future. Her answer was simple - become a professional hockey player. "But that wasn't really an option," she recalled. "So it became, 'What do y...

Mar 21, 2024

Canadian Auger-Aliassime advances to second round of men's singles at Miami Open.

MIAMI - Canadian Flix Auger-Aliassime is through to the second round of men's singles at the Miami Open. Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, dispatched Australian qualifier Adam Walton 7-5, 6-4 in a first-r...

Mar 21, 2024

Canadian forward Liam Millar rejuvenated by loan move back to England with Preston

On loan from Switzerland's FC Basel to England's Preston North End, Canadian forward Liam Millar is back on familiar turf. Preston is a 50-kilometre drive from Liverpool, where a teenage Millar starte...

Mar 21, 2024

Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris healing from kneeing himself in the face, surgery

Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris is sporting a look these days courtesy of taking his knee to his face. The 30-year-old from Regina posted on Instagram earlier this week a video of himself spinning ...

Mar 21, 2024

Canadian middleweight Aaron Jeffery hopes win in Belfast will leads to title shot

The first question Canadian middleweight Aaron Jeffery fielded at media day ahead of Friday's Bellator Champions Series card in Belfast was about his trademark mullet. Was he the only man in Ireland w...

Mar 21, 2024

U.S.-born CFL prospects Bauman, Dublanko embrace Canadian designation and connections

WINNIPEG - Casey Bauman and Joel Dublanko don't need their new-found dual citizenships to make them feel at home in Canada. The American-born football prospects have family ties that led to their desi...

Mar 21, 2024