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Paris 2024 Olympics - Olympic Flame Handover Ceremony - Panathenaic Stadium, Athens, Greece - April 26, 2024 Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of High Priestess, holds an olympic torch by the cauldron during the Handover Ceremony

Olympics-Paris organisers receive flame in Athens ahead of relay

Reuters |Updated 43 minutes ago |1 min read

ATHENS (Reuters) - Paris 2024 Olympics organisers on Friday received the Games' flame in a handover ceremony in Athens ahead of a 68-day torch relay that will end with the opening ceremony on July 26. The flame arrived at the central Athens' ...

The Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers’ Carson MacKay, left, and Reese Wyand take a break during a recent practice at the Gerard (Turk) Gallant Arena in Summerside. MacKay and Wyand have been longtime linemates, going back to their early years of minor hockey. The Vipers have clinched a semifinal berth in the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup Atlantic Canada junior B hockey championship tournament in Mount Pearl, N.L. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

Longtime linemates: Kensington Vipers’ MacKay, Wyand have played together since U9 hockey

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated 1 hour ago |4 min read Premium content

Carson MacKay and Reese Wyand have worked a lot of magic on the ice together over the years. Now the two longtime teammates hope that trend continues this weekend as the Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers play a semifinal game at the Don ...

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Flying as one: Meet the 2024 playoff edition of the Cape Breton Eagles

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated 2 hours ago |28 min read Premium content

The Cape Breton Eagles are in the semifinal of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoffs against the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.  Cape Breton advanced to their league semifinal by knocking off the Rimouski Oceanic in the first round in five games ...

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Host team outscores Pownal at Maritime junior C hockey championship

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

The host Sunny Corner Thunder outscored the Pownal Ice Dogs 11-6 in round-robin play at the 2024 Maritime junior C hockey championship tournament on April 25 in Miramichi, N.B. The Thunder improved to 2-0-0 while the Ice Dogs dropped to 0-2-0. Pownal ...

Halifax Wanderers first-year striker Christian Volesky made stops in seven U.S. cities and another in Iceland during his pro soccer career before joining the Canadian Premier League club. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

Wanderer by name, by nature: Christian Volesky made many stops in pro soccer career before arriving in Halifax

Glenn MacDonald · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 2 hours ago |7 min read Premium content

First-year Halifax Wanderers striker Christian Volesky didn’t realize how big Canada really is when he drove from his Colorado home to his new home for training camp. Volesky was so excited when he signed his first Canadian Premier League contract in ...

Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers forward Carson MacKay, 16, carries the puck in Game 4 of the P.E.I. junior B hockey championship series against the Sherwood-Parkdale A&SScrap Metal Metros at Eastlink Centre on March 24. MacKay scored two goals in the Vipers’ 4-0 win over Newfoundland and Labrador’s St. John’s Caps at the Don Johnson Memorial Cup on April 25 in Mount Pearl, N.L. The win improved the Viper’s record to 2-1-0 (won-lost-overtime losses) and clinched a playoff spot in the Atlantic junior B hockey championship tournament. Jason Simmonds • The Guardian

P.E.I.'s Kensington Vipers clinch semifinal berth at Don Johnson Memorial Cup

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated 6 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

The Kensington Moase Plumbing and Heating Vipers have clinched a playoff berth in the 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup in Mount Pearl, N.L. The Vipers blanked Newfoundland and Labrador’s St. John’s Caps 4-0 on April 26 to secure a spot in one of the two ...

Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild forward Lucas Thibeau, 22, works his way into the offensive zone, watched by Zakary Gagnon of the Magog Cantonniers during Telus Cup national under-18 hockey championship action at the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre in Membertou, N.S., on April 25. Magog won the game 3-2. Jeremy Fraser/SaltWire

P.E.I.'s Kensington Wild plays another close game at Telus Cup

Jason Simmonds · Journalist |Updated 6 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

Although still looking for their first win at the 2024 Telus Cup, the Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild has proven they can play with the best teams in Canada. The Wild, Atlantic Canadian champions, fell to 0-4-0 (won-lost-overtime losses) with a 3-2 ...

Athletics - Diamond League - Xiamen - Xiamen Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China - April 20, 2024 Christian Coleman of the U.S. celebrates after winning the men's 100m final

Athletics-American Coleman believes Bolt's 100m record could fall soon

Reuters |Updated 6 hours ago |2 min read

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -American sprinter Christian Coleman believes that Usain Bolt's 100-metres record of 9.58 seconds that has stood for 15 years is within reach and said there are several athletes fast enough to break it. "It seems like the times ...

Tennis - Madrid Open - Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain - April 25, 2024 Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates winning his round of 128 match against Darwin Blanch of the U.S.

Tennis-Nadal wishes he could play long enough for his son to remember him on court

Reuters |Updated 8 hours ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal said he would love to keep playing long enough for his son to remember him on court, though the 22-time Grand Slam champion concedes time is not on his side. The 37-year-old Spaniard, who has said he expects to retire after ...

Cape Breton Eagles goaltender Jakub Milota was named the team’s rookie of the year during the club’s annual awards banquet at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre on Tuesday. JEREMY FRASER/CAPE BRETON POST

QMJHL: Cape Breton Eagles’ Jakub Milota competing in IIHF World Under-18 Hockey Championship for Czechia

Jeremy Fraser · Multimedia journalist |Updated 10 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

SYDNEY, N.S. – Cape Breton Eagles goaltender Jakub Milota will suit up for Czechia at the 2024 IIHF World Under-18 Hockey Championship in Espoo and Vantaa, Finland. The Eagles confirmed the news early Thursday afternoon after Milota was listed as the ...

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