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Team World sweeps first 3 matches vs. Team Europe at Laver Cup

Team World sweeps first 3 matches vs. Team Europe at Laver Cup

Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-3 as Team World won the first three singles matches of the Laver Cup international tournament Friday. Ben Shelton and Francisco Cerundolo also claimed wins for Team World, as did the doubles pairing of Tommy…

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Canada holds off Puerto Rico in NORCECA men’s Final 6

Canada holds off Puerto Rico in NORCECA men’s Final 6

The Canadian men’s volleyball team topped Puerto Rico in its opening match at the NORCECA Pan American Cup Final Six tournament in Edmonton on Tuesday. The young Canadian squad — comprised of Volleyball Canada NextGen Program players and…

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Canadian 3×3 basketball team tops France for 2nd straight Women’s Series Final title

Canadian 3×3 basketball team tops France for 2nd straight Women’s Series Final title

Canada earned its second consecutive title at the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series Final on Sunday, topping France 16-15 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The championship basketball game served as a rematch of the 2022 Final that Canada won 21-16…

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No Canadians left in U.S. Open singles play as Fernandez, Marino exit in 1st round

No Canadians left in U.S. Open singles play as Fernandez, Marino exit in 1st round

There are no Canadians left in the singles tournaments at the U.S. Open. Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., was bounced from the Grand Slam tournament after a 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-4 loss to 22nd seed…

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Canada romps past Lebanon, France eliminated at FIBA men’s basketball World Cup

Canada romps past Lebanon, France eliminated at FIBA men’s basketball World Cup

RJ Barrett scored a game-high 17 points and Canada cruised to a 128-73 victory over Lebanon on Sunday at the FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup. All but two Canadians scored in double digits as Canada…

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Canada unveils men’s, women’s rosters for this week’s Olympic rugby sevens qualifier

Canada unveils men’s, women’s rosters for this week’s Olympic rugby sevens qualifier

Phil Berna and Olivia Apps will captain the Canadian sides looking to secure Olympic qualification at the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens this weekend in Langford, B.C. The two-day qualifying tournament features seven men’s and…

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Coco Gauff tops Maria Sakkari in DC Open final for fourth WTA title

Coco Gauff tops Maria Sakkari in DC Open final for fourth WTA title

A little more than a month ago, Coco Gauff left Wimbledon after a first-round loss that left her dispirited and unsure of what she needed to do. That seems kind of far away after she earned the…

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Auger-Aliassime falls in straight sets, Dabrowski wins doubles match at Citi Open

Auger-Aliassime falls in straight sets, Dabrowski wins doubles match at Citi Open

Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime fell in consecutive sets to Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki at the Citi DC Open in Washington on Wednesday, suffering a 7-6(10), 7-6(3) loss. Auger-Aliassime has struggled through injuries this season and spoke recently about his…

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Venus Williams to play Western & Southern Open as wild card

Venus Williams to play Western & Southern Open as wild card

Venus Williams will play in the upcoming Western & Southern Open after getting a wild card, the tournament revealed Monday. It is the second hardcourt event Williams will be playing this summer ahead of the US…

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Canada’s Jessie Fleming expected to play in Wednesday’s pivotal match vs. Ireland at Women’s World Cup

Canada’s Jessie Fleming expected to play in Wednesday’s pivotal match vs. Ireland at Women’s World Cup

In need of points to keep its World Cup dream alive, Canada has to put it best foot forward Wednesday versus Ireland after the frustration of a tournament-opening scoreless draw with Nigeria. “We’re looking to…

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Canada faces tough competition in Women’s World Cup’s Group B

Canada faces tough competition in Women’s World Cup’s Group B

Canada starts play this week in the FIFA Women’s World Cup, lumped in the tournament’s formidable Group B that has been coined this year’s version of the Group of Death. It’s being called that because,…

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Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes capture bronze at Ostrava beach volleyball event

Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes capture bronze at Ostrava beach volleyball event

Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes will leave the Ostrava Elite16 beach volleyball tournament with bronze medals. The Canadians defeated Swiss duo Nina Brunner and Tanja Hüberli in consecutive sets (21-16, 21-14) in Sunday’s third-place match at the Czech Republic tournament. “I think with this…

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Daniil Medvedev beats Holger Rune to win Italian Open

Daniil Medvedev beats Holger Rune to win Italian Open

Daniil Medvedev hadn’t won a single match in his three previous appearances at the Italian Open. Now he’s collected the tournament. The Russian defeated rising 20-year-old Danish player Holger Rune 7-5, 7-5 on Sunday for the first clay-court…

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Canada’s Shapovalov falls in straight sets to Tsitsipas at Barcelona Open

Canada’s Shapovalov falls in straight sets to Tsitsipas at Barcelona Open

Canada’s Denis Shapovalov has been bounced from the Barcelona Open. He lost to Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-2 in the clay court tournament’s Round of 16 on Thursday in 77 minutes. The 14th-seeded Shapovalov, from…

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Calgary lands 50th edition of Canadian national women’s golf championship

Calgary lands 50th edition of Canadian national women’s golf championship

The CP Women’s Open is returning to Calgary. Golf Canada named Earl Grey Golf Club in the city’s southwest corner as the 2024 host of the Canadian national women’s golf championship on Tuesday. Tournament director…

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Kerri Einarson hunting historic 4th straight Tournament of Hearts curling title

Kerri Einarson hunting historic 4th straight Tournament of Hearts curling title

Winning four Canadian women’s curling championships in a row was “bloody hard to do in hindsight,” stated Colleen Jones. Nova Scotia’s Jones, Kim Kelly, Nancy Delahunt and Mary-Anne Arsenault comprise the only team to collect…

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Yibing Wu becomes first Chinese player to win an ATP Tour title

Yibing Wu becomes first Chinese player to win an ATP Tour title

 Yibing Wu became the first Chinese player to attain an ATP Tour title, rallying in a three-set, all-tiebreaker thriller to beat John Isner in the Dallas Open on Sunday. Wu overcame 44 aces from the big-serving Isner —…

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France’s Karim Benzema retires from international football after World Cup final defeat

France’s Karim Benzema retires from international football after World Cup final defeat

Karim Benzema has announced his retirement from international football on his 35th birthday, just a day after France suffered a heartbreaking penalty shootout defeat to Argentina in the World Cup final on Sunday. The 2022 Ballon d’Or winner missed the tournament…

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Germany stick with coach Hansi Flick through Euro 2024 despite World Cup failure

Germany stick with coach Hansi Flick through Euro 2024 despite World Cup failure

The German football federation (DFB) kept its trust in Hansi Flick as national team coach on Wednesday despite the disappointing World Cup performance. Federation president Bernd Neuendorf stated the body has “full confidence” in Flick…

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Canada unable to capture desired result in Qatar, exit men’s World Cup with loss to Morocco

Canada unable to capture desired result in Qatar, exit men’s World Cup with loss to Morocco

Another incomplete performance for Canada at the World Cup. But also a rousing late surge that fell just short in a 2-1 loss to a talented Moroccan side. As in the two previous defeats at…

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Ecuador beat Qatar in tournament opener

Ecuador beat Qatar in tournament opener

Ecuador eased past World Cup debutants Qatar 2-0 on Sunday with two goals from veteran forward Enner Valencia in the first opening-game defeat for a host nation in the tournament’s history. Valencia scored an early penalty and added a…

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Taylor Fritz wins, will face Novak Djokovic in ATP Finals semis

Taylor Fritz wins, will face Novak Djokovic in ATP Finals semis

Taylor Fritz advanced to the final four of the ATP Finals by defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-2 on Thursday at the year-end tournament. The American will face five-time champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. The match…

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Auger-Aliassime extends winning streak to 15 matches, advances to Paris Masters quarter-finals

Auger-Aliassime extends winning streak to 15 matches, advances to Paris Masters quarter-finals

Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters tennis tournament and increased his winning streak to 15 matches with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over French wild-card Gilles Simon on Thursday. Auger-Aliassime, seeking…

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Carlos Alcaraz advances in first Swiss Indoors in 3 years

Carlos Alcaraz advances in first Swiss Indoors in 3 years

Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz rallied to defeat Jack Draper 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors on Monday. Alcaraz clinched with his third match-point chance, firing a forehand winner when following in a strong serve…

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Rust a risk for many of Canada’s men’s soccer team ahead of World Cup

Rust a risk for many of Canada’s men’s soccer team ahead of World Cup

CF Montreal’s exit from the Major League Soccer playoffs on Sunday was more than a local concern. At least four probable members of the Canadian men’s national team, including certain starter Alistair Johnston and rising…

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Brooks Koepka closes individual LIV Golf season with playoff win

Brooks Koepka closes individual LIV Golf season with playoff win

Brooks Koepka holed his birdie putt on the third playoff hole to earn the LIV Golf Invitational-Jeddah on Sunday and claim his first triumph on the breakaway tour. Little could separate Koepka from close friend and…

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Brandon Nakashima takes first ATP Tour title at hometown tournament in San Diego

Brandon Nakashima takes first ATP Tour title at hometown tournament in San Diego

Brandon Nakashima’s first ATP Tour triumph came in his hometown, as he beat friend and fellow Southern Californian Marcos Giron 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday in the San Diego Open final. “It’s super special, something you dream of,…

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Raptors guard Dalano Banton leads Canada past Mexico in AmeriCup quarter-finals

Raptors guard Dalano Banton leads Canada past Mexico in AmeriCup quarter-finals

Toronto Raptors guard Dalano Banton had 16 points and seven rebounds to lift Canada to an 82-77 triumph over Mexico on Thursday and into the semifinals of the FIBA AmeriCup tournament. Banton, a Toronto native,…

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Second-ranked Alexander Zverev withdraws from US Open

Second-ranked Alexander Zverev withdraws from US Open

Alexander Zverev, the No. 2-ranked player in the world, has withdrawn from the US Open as he continues to recover from a right ankle injury and subsequent surgery. The 25-year-old German sustained ligament damage during…

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Canada defeats Finland in OT thriller for gold at world juniors in Edmonton

Canada defeats Finland in OT thriller for gold at world juniors in Edmonton

Mason McTavish concluded as the top scorer at the 2022 world junior hockey championship. He was also named the tournament’s most valuable player. But, most importantly, he also made the save of the tournament. McTavish’s…

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