Canadian biathlete Rosanna Crawford landed on the World Cup podium for the first time in her career with a third-place finish in Ruhpolding, Germany, on Thursday. Dorothea Wierer of Italy won the women’s 15-kilometre individual race — her first win of the season — with a time of 41 minutes 29.0 seconds. Finland’s Kaisa Makarainen finished 12.7 […]
Tag: 1stever
Past Olympic curling champions featured in 1st-ever mixed doubles trials final
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. — Three of the four curlers in today’s mixed doubles Olympic trials final are past Olympic champions — Brad Gushue, Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris have all won gold at the Games. Now they want to get back for a second chance at glory. Gushue is alongside Alberta skip Val Sweeting preparing to take on the […]
Nuclear-capable Russian Tu-95 bombers in 1st-ever Pacific patrol from Indonesia (VIDEO)
Published time: 7 Dec, 2017 19:43 A pair of Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers have flown a maiden patrol mission over the southern Pacific from a military base in Indonesia. Crew and support staff had to deal with an unfamiliar tropical environment to successfully navigate and complete the mission. The two Tupolev bombers, which can carry […]
Whitecaps tear apart Quakes for 1st-ever playoff win
Cristian Techera scored on a stunning free kick as the Vancouver Whitecaps thumped the San Jose Earthquakes 5-0 in Major League Soccer’s single-elimination knockout round on Wednesday night. Nicolas Mezquida, with two, Fredy Montero and Kendall Waston had the other goals for Vancouver, which picked up its first-ever playoff victory since joining MLS in 2011. […]
Canada defeats U.S. to claim 1st-ever World League medal
Behind 13 points from Gord Perrin, Canada wrapped up their storybook FIVB Volleyball World League campaign with a bronze medal after coming from behind for a 3-1 (18-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-21) win over the United States on Saturday evening in Curitiba, Brazil. #USAvsCAN (25-18, 20-25, 22- 25, 21-25) #FIVBworldleague What he said!! FINAL pic.twitter.com/8jn6mZYhNu — @VBallCanada The […]
NATO stages 1st-ever war games in Baltic ‘weak spot’ to defend from ‘Russia threat’ (PHOTOS)
British, Polish, American and Lithuanian troops took part in military exercises in the Suwalki Gap on the border between Poland and Lithuania, “protecting” NATO’s soft spot from the “Russian threat” for the very first time. Some 1,500 NATO troops participated in the war games in the Suwalki Gap over the weekend, alongside US helicopters and […]
March Madness: South Carolina earns 1st-ever trip to Final Four
Luke Maye hit a jumper with 0.3 seconds left, and top-seeded North Carolina held off Kentucky 75-73 to earn the Tar Heels’ second straight trip to the Final Four and 20th all-time in Sunday’s showdown of college basketball’s elite in the South Regional. The Tar Heels (31-7) will play Midwest champ Oregon on Saturday in […]