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For Canadian athletes, the path to Tokyo 2020 runs straight through Australia’s Gold Coast. The 2018 Commonwealth Games begin on Wednesday Down Under and, for the 283 Canadians competing, the event is a proving ground. Situated about halfway between the Rio and Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics, the Commonwealth Games offer a mission that is twofold: […]
Arike Ogunbowale’s jumper from the corner with a second left lifted Notre Dame to a 91-89 overtime victory over UConn on Friday night in the national semifinals. She finished with 27 points and Jackie Young had a career-high 32 to lead the Irish back to the championship game for the first time since 2015. “I know I just had […]
More than a month has gone by since Canada’s men’s hockey team bounced back to win bronze against the Czech Republic after a disappointing semifinal loss to Germany, but the 25 members of the men’s Olympic team remain close as they follow each other in their respective playoff runs. They have kept in touch through […]
Max Parrot finished his World Cup season in style with a win in his home province. The native of Bromont, Que., took home gold in the snowboarding big air event in Quebec City on Saturday. Canadian Max Parrot scored a fantastic 98.50 in his final jump of the night to secure the top spot on […]
Canada’s Dara Howell was golden Saturday in the women’s big air event at the freestyle skiing World Cup season finale in Quebec City. The Huntsville, Ont., native topped the podium with a score of 175.00 ahead of Italy’s Silvia Bertagna (174.00), while fellow Canadian Megan Cressey (152.80) earned bronze. Canadian Dara Howell had just enough in her final […]
Canada’s Jennifer Jones will face American Jamie Sinclair in semifinal play on Saturday evening at the world women’s curling championship in North Bay, Ont. Sinclair advanced Saturday morning with a 10-3 victory over South Korea’s EunJung Kim. The Americans scored seven points in the ninth end. Jones defeated Sinclair 8-5 on Friday night to close out […]
Canada’s Keegan Messing skated to a personal best score of 93.00 to sit sixth after Thursday’s men’s short program at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Milan, Italy. His previous high was 86.33 set in September 2017 at the Autumn Classic International. Messing scored a 93.00 in his short program to sit in sixth place, heading […]
It was a Canadian sweep atop the podium at the final halfpipe ski World Cup event of the season, with Cassie Sharpe winning the women’s competition and Noah Bowman winning the men’s event on Thursday. Sharpe, from Comox, B.C., finished with 90.40 points, ahead of France’s Marie Martinod (90.00) and Brita Sigourney of the United […]
Canada’s Kaetlyn Osmond and Gabrielle Daleman sit fourth and sixth, respectively, after Wednesday’s short program at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Milan, Italy. Osmond, a native of Marystown, N.L., earned a score of 72.73 for her skate. The 22-year-old recently captured bronze in the women’s event at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. […]
It was as if the Canadian para ice hockey players were frozen in time, suspended in the disbelief of it all. Some just stayed beside goalie Dominic Larocque, while most were on the bench with their heads hanging. United States forward Declan Farmer’s second goal of the game, the golden goal in overtime, sent the Americans shooting […]
