Twitter didn’t add any new users last quarter, and the stock is diving (TWTR)

Getty Twitter didn’t grow its monthly user base at all last quarter, despite beating Wall Street’s expectations for revenue. The company’s completely stalled user growth during its second quarter sent shares diving more than 7% in pre-market trading on Wednesday. Investors are looking for signs that Twitter can continue to turn its struggling business around by adding […]

Jennifer Abel ties Canadian diving record with mixed synchro bronze

Canada’s Jennifer Abel tied Alexandre Despatie’s Canadian record with her eighth career medal at the world championships, earning bronze with François Imbeau-Dulac in the 3-metre event in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday. Jennifer Abel ties Canadian diving record with mixed synchro bronze1:10 China’s Wang Han and Li Zheng won gold with a total of 323.70 points, while Great Britain’s Grace Reid and Thomas Daley tallied 308.04 to take silver. The Canadian duo came […]

Scuba diving dangers: Forget the bends, you could get this infection

Scuba diving is a great family activity to do when on holiday. However, the activity can cause problems such as the bends. This is when the swimmer resurfaces too quickly and bubbles of dissolved gas form in the body and the blood. Yet there is another problem that many families may not be aware of […]

Canada's Abel, Citrini-Beaulieu take world diving silver

Canada’s Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu took the silver medal in the women’s three-metre synchronized diving event Monday at the world championships in Budapest, Hungary. It was Canada’s first podium finish at the meet, which runs through July 30 and includes diving, swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo events. The Canadians scored 323.40 points to finish […]

Canada up against Chinese 'army' at diving world championships

Vincent Riendeau could find the mental game as challenging as the physical obstacles at this week’s diving world championships. Expectations for the up-and-coming Canadian, who added three new dives to his 10-metre platform routine following last summer’s 14th-place performance at the Rio Olympics, have been tempered due to recent back problems. Instability and tightness in […]

Abel, Ware eager to put tough times behind them at diving worlds

Jennifer Abel’s most difficult moments last year unfolded in front of the world, at her sport’s ultimate competition. Her pair of fourth-place finishes at last summer’s Olympic Games were covered nationally, told through the type of narrative often attached to the most excruciating place to finish in an Olympic final. Words such as “heartbreak” and […]

Ware, Henschel win diving crowns at summer nationals

Pamela Ware and Tyler Henschel concluded the summer nationals diving competition with victories on Sunday.  Ware of Montreal won gold in the women’s three-metre and Henschel of Sherwood Park, Alta., was the victor in the men’s 10-metre. Ware totaled 333.35 points as her marks improved after every dive in the final. Ashley McCool of Calgary was second […]

Watch the Canadian National Diving Championships

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FA diving ban splits opinions with Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce less than impressed

“Apologies from my end, it was never a penalty – genuinely thought defender was going to slide, so tried to ride the tackle,” he later tweeted, after fans took to social media to call him every name under the sun. The word used within the FA, though, was “catalyst”. It is to prevent “Robert Snodgrass […]

Road to the Olympic Games: Diving & IAAF World Relays

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