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Piper Gilles returns to Canadian figure skating championships after cancer scare

Piper Gilles returns to Canadian figure skating championships after cancer scare

The 2024 Canadian figure skating championships will feel like a return to normal for ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier. The two-time world championship bronze medalists didn’t compete in last year’s nationals because Gilles…

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Vancouver to host World Rugby 7s for 8th time in slimmed-down competition

Vancouver to host World Rugby 7s for 8th time in slimmed-down competition

Vancouver has made the cut in the slimmed-down HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, rebranded as HSBC SVNS. The revamped competition features eight events, each offering men’s and women’s play. Last season’s Seven Series consisted of…

Boxing
Amanda Nunes retires after routing Irene Aldana at UFC 289

Amanda Nunes retires after routing Irene Aldana at UFC 289

Amanda Nunes laid her two UFC championship belts on the Octagon mat and had the cutman remove her gloves. She put the gloves in the middle of the two titles, kneeled down and cried into the…

Boxing
Preview: UFC 289 ‘Nunes vs. Aldana’

Preview: UFC 289 ‘Nunes vs. Aldana’

The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s long-overdue return to Canada comes in the form of a pay-per-view that should provide plenty of entertainment despite being a second-tier numbered event for the promotion. Amanda Nunes gets back to business in the UFC…

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Trio of Canadian women advance to quarter-finals at Chennai Open

Trio of Canadian women advance to quarter-finals at Chennai Open

Rebecca Marino, Eugenie Bouchard and Gabriela Dabrowski moved on to the quarter-finals of their respective competitions on another successful day for Canadians at the Chennai Open tennis tournament. Vancouver’s Marino, the seventh seed in singles…

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Vancouver’s Lucy Lin becomes youngest player ever to qualify for CP Women’s Open

Vancouver’s Lucy Lin becomes youngest player ever to qualify for CP Women’s Open

12-year-old Lucy Lin of Vancouver earned one of four spots into this week’s 2022 CP Women’s Open with a steady round of golf in Monday’s final qualifier at the Marshes Golf Club. Lin, the youngest…

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Josiah Morra lifts Canada’s men to rugby 7s semifinal against Great Britain

Josiah Morra lifts Canada’s men to rugby 7s semifinal against Great Britain

Josiah Morra of Toronto scored two tries, the second with 24 seconds left on the clock, to lead Canada’s men to a rugby sevens semifinal versus Great Britain on Sunday in Edmonton. Brennig Prevost made…

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Canadian men drawn with powerhouse South Africa for Edmonton rugby 7s event

Canadian men drawn with powerhouse South Africa for Edmonton rugby 7s event

Canada has been drawn in Pool A with South Africa, Hong Kong and Mexico at the HSBC Canada Sevens in Edmonton this weekend. The Canadian men are coming off a sixth-place finish Sunday in Vancouver…

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1st-half struggles cost Canadian men in rugby 7s quarter-final at Vancouver

1st-half struggles cost Canadian men in rugby 7s quarter-final at Vancouver

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 multi-sport athlete Georgia Simmerling retires after 4 Olympic Games

Canadian multi-sport athlete Georgia Simmerling retires after 4 Olympic Games

Canadian multi-sport athlete Georgia Simmerling has announced her retirement from professional sport.  The Vancouver, B.C., native — who in 2016 became Canada’s first Olympian to compete in three different sports across three different Games — is…

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Canada’s Rebecca Marino advances at National Bank Open

Canada’s Rebecca Marino advances at National Bank Open

Rebecca Marino knows she’s been raising eyebrows with her play at the National Bank Open in Montreal this week. First, the 30-year-old wild card entry upset No. 16 seed Madison Keys in consecutive sets to…

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Canada’s Marino takes upset victory in 1st round of National Bank Open

Canada’s Marino takes upset victory in 1st round of National Bank Open

Canada’s Rebecca Marino pulled off her biggest victory since returning to tennis, upsetting World No. 26 Madison Keys of the United States in consecutive sets on Monday at the National Bank Open. The 30-year-old Marino…

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Canada’s Pospisil falls in 1st round of National Bank Open

Canada’s Pospisil falls in 1st round of National Bank Open

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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Vancouver skateboarders zero in on Olympic shot

Vancouver skateboarders zero in on Olympic shot

When Andy Anderson and Adam Hopkins first got hooked on skateboarding, never in their wildest dreams could either have imagined they’d one day be vying for a spot on Canadian Olympic team. But pandemic willing,…

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Canada’s Rebecca Marino ‘feels like different person’ ahead of 1st major in 8 years

Canada’s Rebecca Marino ‘feels like different person’ ahead of 1st major in 8 years

It’s been eight years since Rebecca Marino participated in a Grand Slam, and the Canadian says she “feels like a different person.” Marino, the 30-year-old from Vancouver, is set to play the main draw of…

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Canucks re-sign Gaudette, add Hawryluk

Canucks re-sign Gaudette, add Hawryluk

The Vancouver Canucks re-signed Adam Gaudette on a one-year deal Monday and added unrestricted free agent Jayce Hawryluk on a one-year, two-way contract. Gaudette, a restricted free agent, will earn $950,000 under his new deal, while financial details for Hawryluk were not…

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Shapovalov lone Canadian men’s player through to 2nd round at French Open

Shapovalov lone Canadian men’s player through to 2nd round at French Open

Denis Shapovalov is the only Canadian male heading to the second round of the French Open. The No. 9 seed from Richmond Hill, Ont., defeated French veteran Gilles Simon 6-2, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 on Tuesday…

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Jared Spurgeon scores twice as Wild blanks Canucks in Game 1

Jared Spurgeon scores twice as Wild blanks Canucks in Game 1

Jared Spurgeon scored twice for the Minnesota Wild in a 3-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks to lead their qualifying series Sunday. Spurgeon produced one of them, plus an empty-netter, and Kevin Fiala also scored…

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Whitecaps delay departure to Florida, 6 FC Dallas players test positive for covid-19

Whitecaps delay departure to Florida, 6 FC Dallas players test positive for covid-19

COVID-19 took its toll on preparations for the MLS is Back Tournament on Wednesday with news that six FC Dallas players had tested positive and the Vancouver Whitecaps had postponed their flight to Florida due…

NHL
Canadian NHL Fans OK if country doesn’t host playoff games

Canadian NHL Fans OK if country doesn’t host playoff games

It looks like hockey fans will be able to cheer on their favorite NHL team this summer but Canadians have issued a collective shrug about whether the Stanley Cup is hoisted on their home ice.…

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Canada’s quarantine restrictions significant hurdle for 3 cities hoping to be NHL hubs

Canada’s quarantine restrictions significant hurdle for 3 cities hoping to be NHL hubs

The Edmonton Oilers senior vice-president of communications and government relations is pondering a question about how long the team has been working on its bid to serve as an NHL hub city, should the league…

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Vancouver Whitecaps start individual workouts outdoors at training facility

Vancouver Whitecaps start individual workouts outdoors at training facility

The Vancouver Whitecaps got back to training Tuesday, albeit via voluntary individual workouts at the club’s practice facility. Still it was a welcome return for 16 players, who each had a quarter of a field to work…

NHL
Canucks and B.C.’s top doctor show interest in hosting NHL matches in Vancouver

Canucks and B.C.’s top doctor show interest in hosting NHL matches in Vancouver

The Canucks are hoping to score some hockey matches for Vancouver if the NHL continues the 2019-20 season. The team affirmed it has put forward a proposal for Vancouver to be a “hub city” for…

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Canada defeats South Africa to claim the bronze medal in Vancouver

Canada defeats South Africa to claim the bronze medal in Vancouver

They thrilled us. They broke our hearts. They engaged us throughout and saved the best for last. Team Canada drew us in and teased us. We, and they, dared to believe a podium conclusion was…

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