Ryan Garcia bounces back, knocks out Oscar Duarte in Round 8
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With a Billie Jean King Cup team tennis title under her belt, Canadian teenager Marina Stakusic is aiming just as high for her singles career as she looks to make her mark on the WTA…
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Natalie Achonwa scored a team-high 16 points in leading Canada to a 77-68 victory over Puerto Rico on Sunday in FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament action in Medellín, Colombia.. Laeticia Amihere added 11 points and…
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Against host Spain in the first singles match of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Seville, captain Heidi El Tabakh took a risk by starting a young player. The risk paid off on Wednesday…
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Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime had his six-match winning streak ended Wednesday with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) loss to seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in second-round action at the Paris Masters tennis tournament. Auger-Aliassime had nine aces in…
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Short track speed skating coach Sebastien Cros is hoping Canada can improve on its individual medal haul as the world’s top skaters return to Maurice Richard Arena for a second ISU World Cup event from…
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There were occasional flashes of the old Milos Raonic during his run to the third round at the National Bank Open. Expectations were low this week for the 32-year-old Canadian, just two months into a…
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The competition in the men’s recurve event was stiff at the 2023 world archery championships in Berlin on Sunday, but Canadian Eric Peters held strong versus the world’s best to secure the best individual result…
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Bianca Andreescu approaches each match like a Grand Slam champion, because she is one. Nearly four years after winning a U.S. Open title, her confidence is undiminished. “I definitely believe that my level is top…
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Charles Philibert-Thiboutot will represent Canada at the Olympics for a second time next July in Paris. In his first attempt at the automatic qualifying standard of three minutes, 33.50 second in the men’s 1,500 metres, the…
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The second men’s golf major of the year tees off Thursday at Oak Hill in Rochester, N.Y., just an hour and a half drive from the Ontario border. With a record six Canadians in the…
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Canadian national champions Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen collected silver in the ice dance event at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Sunday in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Montreal duo were second after Friday’s rhythm dance and…
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Canadians littered the ski cross World Cup podium on Wednesday in Innichen, Italy. Reece Howden and Brady Leman scored silver and bronze, respectively, while Marielle Thompson took bronze on the women’s side. Canadian men composed…
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Ben Flanagan ran to his third Canadian road race record of the year on Sunday, completing the Valencia Half Marathon in 61 minutes for 18th place, a few strides ahead of Canada’s fastest-ever marathon runner.…
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When Brooke Henderson gained the Evian Championship in July, her place in Canadian golf lore was cemented. The 24-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., became the first Canadian pro golfer to ever collect multiple majors. Henderson’s…
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Forward Cyle Larin is joining fellow Canadian Tajon Buchanan at Belgium’s Club Brugge. Larin, who leads all Canadian men with 24 goals internationally, said farewell to Turkey’s Besiktas in a social media post on the…
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Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime moved on to the second round of the Halle Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 victory over American Marcos Giron on Tuesday in Germany. Auger-Aliassime, seeded fourth at the ATP…
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Canadian swimmer Josh Liendo is a man on a mission and he’s not afraid to talk about it. The 19-year-old has been taking down Canadian records in his pursuit of being one of the best…
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An early turnover and a penalty resulted in a pair of tries for Britain in a 31-5 triumph over Canada in a men’s quarter-final Sunday at the World Rugby Sevens Series. Canada possessed the ball…
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Canadian world-record holder and five-time Paralympic medalist Aurélie Rivard is off to the women’s 50m freestyle S10 final at the Tokyo Paralympics. Rivard, who won gold in the event at Rio 2016, placed second in…
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Kevin Kisner finally broke his playoff drought to collect the Wyndham Championship. He hopes the victory will help him achieve another milestone — representing the United States in the Ryder Cup. Kisner stuck his approach…
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Canadian Vasek Pospisil was halfway to the second round at the National Bank Open before falling to Tommy Paul of the United States in three sets on Monday. The 24-year-old qualifier took the match 6-7 (5),…
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Mike Mason has often shied away from sizing up the high jump competition ahead of major championships, but two weeks ago he watched online as five men reached or surpassed 2.30 metres in Florence, Italy.…
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Penny Oleksiak admits the post-Rio pressure after her four-medal performance at the 2016 Games was intense and detracted from the usual enjoyment she experiences in the pool. The pandemic break gave a good opportunity for…
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Damian Warner set a Canadian and world best in the long jump on Saturday in his first decathlon since the 2019 track and field world championships. The 31-year-old from London, Ont., jumped 8.28 metres at the…
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Formula One has confirmed this year’s Canadian Grand Prix has been cancelled and will be replaced by the Turkish Grand Prix on June 11-13. Earlier this month, it was reported that the Canadian Grand Prix…
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Shock and disbelief gave way to a swirl of emotions as players on the Canadian women’s hockey team packed their bags in Halifax and headed home Thursday. In a span of two days, they’d gone…
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Lack of funding, Tokyo qualifiers forces young skaters to turn focus to Paris 2024 Simply competing ahead of the Tokyo Games has been tough enough for a lot Canadian athletes due to travel restrictions caused…
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Bianca Andreescu has suffered another injury, ending her best tournament since capturing the U.S. Open title in September 2019. The Canadian retired with a right ankle injury after falling behind 6-3, 4-0 versus top-ranked Ash…
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A triumph or draw versus Honduras on Thursday and Canada is through to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship. And if Haiti and El Salvador (both 0-1-1) tie in the earlier matchup,…
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Canadian freestyle skier Marion Thénault acquired the first World Cup aerials gold medal of her career on Saturday in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The native of Sherbrooke, Que., scored 89.88 points, ahead of Russian Liubov Nikitina (-3.52) and bronze medalist Zhanbota Aldabergenova (-4.89)…
