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Canadian sledge hockey team beats Italy 4-0 in Paralympic Games opener
VANCOUVER, B.C. - It was only fitting for a sledge hockey game that started at 10 a.m. local time that the Canadian team hit the snooze button for the first two periods. Four years after thumping I...
Groves clinches 1,500-metre World Cup title ahead of fellow Canadian Nesbitt
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canada's Kristina Groves has been at her consistent best once again this season. Her latest win came Saturday in the 1,500 metres at a long-track speedskating World Cup. W...
McGill through to CIS women's hockey final with 7-2 win over St. Mary's
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - The McGill Martlets got goals from seven different players to defeat the St. Mary's Huskies 7-2 on Saturday, earning a berth in the CIS women's hockey final. Top-ranked McGill wi...
Ricky Romero throws 4 scoreless innings as Blue Jays defeat Braves 4-0
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Ricky Romero battled wind and control problems to pitch four shutout innings as the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Atlanta Braves, 3-0. Romero, who is making a bid for an Opening Da...
Canadian long-track speedskater Jeremy Wotherspoon announces his retirement
Long-track speedskater Jeremy Wotherspoon announced his retirement Saturday, ending a remarkable career that is considered one of the best in the sport's history. Wotherspoon, 33, leaves as perhaps...
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Here are the sports results from Saturday: NHL Philadelphia 3 Chicago 2 Edmonton at Toronto, 7 p.m. Boston at Montreal, 7 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Ph...
Four-time winner King leads Iditarod into Galena checkpoint; Canada's Gatt close
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Four-time winner Jeff King held his lead in the 1,770-kilometre Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, with defending champion Lance Mackey among the former champs not far behin...
Domracheva earns 1st World Cup biathlon win, Tscherezov win's men's event
KONTIOLAHTI, Finland - Darya Domracheva of Belarus won her first World Cup race on Saturday, the 7.5-kilometre sprint. Domracheva won in 21 minutes, 17.5 seconds. Olga Zaitseva of Russia had a chan...
Tago ousts Bao, to meet Chong Wei in All England final
BIRMINGHAM - Peter Gade's badminton dream of a second All England men's singles title 11 years after his first triumph ended in disappointment when he lost to world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in ...
Alberta skip Koe faces quick turnaround; wins playoff to advance to Brier semi
HALIFAX, N.S. - Kevin Koe was planning to divide what remained of his afternoon between a quick bite to eat and a nap back at his hotel, measures he hoped would help him recover from one white-knuckle...
