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Alberta skip Brendan Bottcher during the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier final in Calgary.

‘BOTTCHER BOMBSHELL:’ Alberta curling foursome set to move forward without skip

Ted Wyman · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Marc Kennedy calls it the Brad Gushue Effect. “He’s been absolutely dominant and the teams under him are going to do everything they can to try to beat him,” two-time Olympian Kennedy said Tuesday. “We felt we had to do something in order to ...

A WADA logo is seen at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 12, 2024.

Olympics-WADA confirms 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive before Tokyo Games, accepted contamination finding

Reuters |Updated 14 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed reports on Saturday that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for a banned drug ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but it accepted the country's findings it was due to substance ...

Toronto Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews is on a 70-goal pace this season.  Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports

FIDDLER'S FACTS: The Prophet predicts who will win opening round of Stanley Cup playoffs

Contributed, Fred MacDonald · Columnist |Updated 16 hours ago |5 min read Premium content

A frantic final week of the NHL regular season created a buzz at sports watering holes across the country as teams fought for a post-season spot. Unfortunately, we’ll not see Sidney Crosby. That’s sad as Pittsburgh played its best hockey down the ...

Formula One F1 - Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China - April 20, 2024 Red Bull's Max Verstappen in action during qualifying

Motor racing-Verstappen takes Red Bull's 100th F1 pole

Reuters |Updated 3 minutes ago |1 min read

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Triple world champion Max Verstappen took Red Bull's 100th Formula One pole after dominating qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday. The pole was the Dutch driver's fifth in five races this season and sixth in a ...

Formula One F1 - Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China - April 20, 2024 Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, McLaren's Lando Norris and drivers in action during sprint

Motor racing-Hamilton second in sprint but qualifies 18th for Chinese GP

Joe Cash |Updated 54 minutes ago |2 min read

By Joe Cash SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton failed to make it out of the first part of qualifying for the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix, despite having finished second in Saturday's sprint. The 39-year-old Briton ...

Formula One F1 - Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China - April 19, 2024 Red Bull's Max Verstappen during the sprint qualifying

Motor racing-Verstappen wins first sprint race of the F1 season

Reuters |Updated 3 hours ago |3 min read

By Joe Cash SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Red Bull's triple world champion Max Verstappen won the first sprint race of the Formula One season at the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday. The Dutch 26-year-old beat Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton by 13.043 seconds in the ...

Feb 12, 2020; Port St. Lucie, Florida, USA; New York Mets bench coach Hensley Meulens (left) talks with manager Luis Rojas during the morning spring training workout. Mandatory Credit: Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

Reports: FAA investigating cockpit visit by Rockies coach

Reuters |Updated 13 hours ago |2 min read

The Federal Aviation Administration and United Airlines are looking into how a member of the Colorado Rockies traveling party got into the cockpit during a charter flight and sat in the captain's chair, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Based ...

Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild defenceman Luke Inman 2, looks to move the puck while the Charlottetown Bulk Carriers Knights’ Evan Nicholson, 18, applies pressure. The action took place during Game 4 of the best-of-seven P.E.I. major under-18 male hockey championship series at MacLauchlan Arena in Charlottetown on March 17. The Wild begins play at the Telus Cup Canadian under-18 hockey championship tournament in Membertou, N.S., on April 22.

Kensington Wild ready to take on Canada's best U18 teams at Telus Cup

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated 17 hours ago |6 min read Premium content

After winning the P.E.I. and Atlantic championships, the Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild will write the team’s final chapter to the 2023-24 season at the Telus Cup. The Wild travels to Membertou, N.S., on April 20 and begins play in the six-team ...

Mar 23, 2024; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Aryna Sabalenka hits a forehand against Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) (not pictured) on day six of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

Tennis-Sabalenka knocked out of Stuttgart Open by Vondrousova, Swiatek into semis

Reuters |Updated 14 hours ago |2 min read

(Reuters) -World number two Aryna Sabalenka's hopes of reaching a fourth consecutive Stuttgart Open final ended after a 3-6 6-3 7-5 quarter-final defeat by Marketa Vondrousova on Friday, while champion Iga Swiatek maintained her perfect record at the ...

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Olympics-"Brave is Unbeatable" campaign aims to rally Canadians around Olympians

Reuters |Updated 16 hours ago |2 min read

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and national broadcaster CBC unveiled the branding campaign video "Brave is Unbeatable" on Friday with the aim of rallying the country behind athletes who will compete at the Paris Games.

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