Canada’s Brad Gushue fell a win short of a second straight men’s world curling championship and settled for silver Sunday. Sweden’s Niklas Edin avenged a loss to Gushue in last year’s world final by dominating Canada 7-3 in the championship game in Las Vegas. Gushue shook hands after eight ends. “Real disappointed, obviously,” Gushue said. […]
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Canada advances to gold-medal game in para ice hockey
Canada’s para ice hockey team advanced to the gold-medal game at the 2018 Winter Paralympics with a convincing 7-0 win over host South Korea. The team hasn’t won Paralympic gold since the 2006 Games in Torino. Tyler McGregor and Billy Bridges both scored twice, with Liam Hickey, Dom Cozzolino and captain Greg Westlake rounding out the […]
Mind Games: It's not easy being the gold-medal favourite
Mellisa Hollingsworth, Canada’s first Olympic medallist in the skeleton, went into the 2010 Games as the one to beat. Landing on the podium in seven of eight World Cup events that season, she was the 2010 World Cup champion and the gold-medal favourite in Vancouver. She had won bronze at the 2006 Turin Olympics, and […]